Josif Brodski Quotes & Sayings

I have stood up and I have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and I'm very proud of that. — Hillary Clinton

Go be with your husband ... before he realises that he's still in love with me — Tarryn Fisher

Christmas is frighteningly magical and mysterious. No wonder people feel lonely in the midst of their families, and unloved in the act of receiving gifts. Christmas is that place where the expectation of happiness confronts the reality of human sadness, where joy to the world means the judgment of mankind. — R. Joseph Hoffmann

Love is the language of the heart,
which everyone understands. — Debasish Mridha

Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. — Robert H. Schuller

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. — Voltaire

WHEN SOMEONE WHOM I HAVE HELPED,
OR IN WHOM I HAV PLACED GRT HOPE
HARMS ME WID GRT INJUSTICE.
MAY I SEE THT ONE AS SACRED FRIEND!! — Dalai Lama XIV

I was never enthusiastic about being somebody who was supposed to be silent about being a member of something. — Pete Seeger

Mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. — Paulo Coelho

The stored-program digital computer has three major attributes: it is fast, it is accurate, and it is stupid. The first two attributes are often used to disguise the third. — P. J. Plauger

Mythology is the womb of man's initiation to life and death. — Joseph Campbell

I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously. — Octavia Spencer