John Donne Quotes

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

John Donne

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• I have lived a carnal life.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Life
  • Lived
  • Carnal

• Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.

  

  Nas
  • Friends
  • America
  • Friend

• Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.

  

  Kate Atkinson
  • History
  • Me
  • Big

• All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Men
  • Women
  • Family

• It's on my bucket list, to get in a real fight.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Real
  • Fight
  • List

• If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Live
  • New York
  • Edgy

• Winning 'American Idol' gives the opportunity to really help make a change to a lot of lives, and making a difference has given me the greatest satisfaction and joy.

  

  Taylor Hicks
  • American
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Children
  • Break
  • Jewelry

• My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Always
  • Inspired
  • Gold

• We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.

  

  Ma Jun
  • People
  • Believe
  • Environmental

• People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.

  

  Ian K. Smith
  • People
  • War
  • Small

• Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Science

• I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don't work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I'm going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them.

  

  Dane Cook
  • People
  • Work
  • Moment

• If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now and then as a warning.

  

  Edgar Degas
  • Nature
  • Bird

• When I look at things, I always see the space they occupy. I always want the space to reappear, to make a comeback, because it's lost space when there's something in it. If I see a chair in a beautiful space, no matter how beautiful the chair is, it can never be as beautiful to me as the plain space.

  

  Andy Warhol
  • Beautiful
  • Lost
  • Space

• Because I wasn't Asian enough- they decided to hire an Asian Consultant. Because I was fucking it up as an Asian. She would follow me around: 'Margaret! Use chopsticks! And when you're done eating, you can put them in your hair. Now you're wearing shoes, which is something we don't do in the house. Now I'm just going to leave this abacus right here...'

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Up
  • Done
  • She

• Sometimes we walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like a coat, but it's not a coat at all, it's more like another skin.

  

  Colum McCann

• Usually, YouTube channels are named after the person that you see on camera... or in the case of ours, it could have been the show, but we didn't even name the company 'Red vs. Blue.' We named it something else to give people the idea that we were going to be doing more than that.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • People
  • Red
  • Blue

• Every single thing that you learn really just gives you more comfort. It's something I counsel kids all the time: if someone is willing to teach you something for free, take them up on it. Do it. Every single time. All it does is make you more likely to be able to succeed. And it's kind of a nice way to go through life.

  

  Chris Hadfield
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• I was able to not fold and go in a corner because I had my writing as therapy, but also as my tool for struggle.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • Writing
  • Struggle
  • Therapy

• Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.

  

  Albert Benjamin Simpson
  • God
  • Power
  • Hope

• I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.

  

  Carmen Kass

• I learned how to have a little bit of distance when I explained songs and a little bit of distance when I wrote them. I think this is more interesting any way in art.

  

  Erin McKeown
  • Thinking
  • Art
  • Song

• No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

  

  John Donne