Walt Whitman Quotes
Either define the moment or the moment will define you.
Walt Whitman
Quotes to Explore
-
We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
Ramez Naam
-
Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
M. J. Rose
-
What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
Salma Hayek
-
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
Dan Rather
-
I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
Patricia Heaton
-
Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
Ira Glass
-
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
Damon Galgut
-
The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
Patricia Schroeder
-
If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
Randall Kennedy
-
Focus on remedies, not faults.
Jack Nicklaus
-
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
P. J. O'Rourke
-
My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
Jackie Robinson
