Marzahn And King Quotes & Sayings

Do you know why our poetry today and especially our philosophy are such dead issues? Because they've cut themselves off from life. Now, Greece idealized on life's own level: an artist's life was already a poetic achievement; a philosopher's life was an enactment of his philosophy; and when they were a part of life that way, instead of ignoring each other, philosophy could nourish poetry, poetry express philosophy, and together achieve an admirable persuasiveness. Today beauty no longer acts; and action no longer bothers about being beautiful; and wisdom operates on the sidelines. — Andre Gide

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself. — Wangari Maathai

Sitting at my desk was a killer. Not in a bad way at all. Mostly it's my space where I'm calm, where I can get my words out right. In a way where I can really express myself, but my hand shook with every attempt to write out a simple letter that I would be giving to someone. A someone, who means more to me than they will ever know. A someone who is so dear to me. It's my dearest Gemma. — Nichele Reese

'Looking For Alaska' by John Green is a very great book. I feel like every teenage girl says John Green's 'Fault In Our Stars,' but 'Looking For Alaska' is better. — Alessia Cara

I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I've always gravitated towards that feeling. — Teddy Thompson

Punctuation are like road signs; without them we just may get lost... — Nanette L. Avery

The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful. — Taylor Swift

When I was a young kid, my pops introduced me to it. He took me to Harlem, 145th and Edgecombe, to watch the filming of Claudine with James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. That was my first taste of seeing a set and the cameras, and I was bit by the acting bug at a young age. — Tracy Morgan

In our forests
part divine
and makes her heart palpitate
wild and tame are one. What a delicious Sound! — John Cage

Jamaica is kind of similar to Miami, but to go from there to Miami, and then Miami to L.A., it's crazy. — Sean Kingston

Whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The tram can run over you only if you are on the tram way! The darkness can run over you only if you are on the ignorance way! — Mehmet Murat Ildan