Walt Whitman is the only great modern poet who does not seem to experience discord when he faces his world. Not even solitude - his monologue is a universal chorus. Octavio Paz chorusdiscordexperience Change image and share on social
My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you. Lorenzo di Bonaventura comeexperiencepossibly Change image and share on social
I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life. Krista Tippett bigexperiencehuman Change image and share on social
Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems. Krista Tippett acknowledgedepressionenrich share on social
We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience. David Henry Hwang careerdealexperience Change image and share on social
As a novelist, you have to pick your battles. You are tired. You have begun to experience the first ominous tinglings of carpal tunnel syndrome. You wake up in the middle of the night with both hands lying across your chest like a couple of plucked bird carcasses, dead of all sensation. Lynn Coady battlebeginbird share on social
When a manufacturing company in Spain looks to IBM for a solution to a problem, they expect us to bring the best of IBM worldwide to it, not just the experience of IBM Spain. bringcompanyexpect share on social
People do not choose Dropbox because it has this much space or gigabytes. They choose it for the experience. Drew Houston choosedropboxexperience Change image and share on social
Bankruptocracy is as much a European predicament as it is an American 'invention.' The difference between the experience of the two continents is that at least Americans did not have to labour under the enormous design faults of the eurozone. Yanis Varoufakis americanbankruptocracycontinent share on social
I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government. Laurent Fabius artisandraweurope Change image and share on social