Omeros Derek Walcott Quotes & Sayings

There was no one
nothing else in the world
that had this unbelievable effect on him: thrilling electrification. But just as soon as he acknowledged this gift, he sought to destroy it. — Galt Niederhoffer

The future will belong to the Germans ... when we build the House of Europe. In the next two years, we will make the process of European integration irreversible. This is a really big battle but it is worth the fight. — Helmut Kohl

Meatspace still has some advantages for a carbon-based girl. — Jeanette Winterson

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Whatever it is that you do, you are making a stand, either for excellence or for mediocrity. — Brandon Webb

God's providence is not in baskets lowered from the sky, but through the hands and hearts of those who love him. The lad without food and without shoes made the proper answer to the cruel-minded woman who asked, "But if God loved you wouldn't he send you food and shoes?" The boy replied, "God told someone, but he forgot." — George Arthur Buttrick

I was eighteen when I wrote my first book, and I can't remember what it was called. I have no idea where the manuscript is - I lost it when I was twenty-one. — Cynthia Voigt

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward. — Robert Frost

All people are standing; you got to standout! All people are breaking grounds; you got to breakthrough grounds! Don't settle for less; rise up and stand tall in what you do! — Israelmore Ayivor

Wherever a great soul utters its thoughts, there is Golgatha. — Heinrich Heine

Women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States in the early 1980s.5 Since then, women have slowly and steadily advanced, earning more and more of the college degrees, taking more of the entry-level jobs, and entering more fields previously dominated by men. Despite these gains, the percentage of women at the top of corporate America has barely budged over the past decade.6 A meager twenty-three of the S&P 500 CEOs are women.7 Women hold about 25 percent of senior executive positions, 19 percent of board seats, and constitute 19 percent of our elected congressional officials.8 — Sheryl Sandberg

There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. — Trevor Dunn

Just who are you planning to call? Ghostbusters? — Rachel Caine