--- title: "4 David Ferry Quotes" description: "David Ferry has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/david-ferry-67244_always_i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduat_1592783.jpg" --- # David Ferry **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by David Ferry > [I've always been - as a teacher, as graduate student, as a student, and I think, really, as a child - I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduate-student-as-a-student-and-i/) David Ferry [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/david-ferry-67244_always_i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduat_1592783.jpg) > [I don't think in terms of projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects/) David Ferry [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/david-ferry-67244_projects_i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects-18975_1897565.jpg) > [When you read something, and especially when you're reading compellingly great, that becomes part of your identity, at least while you're reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/when-you-read-something-and-especially-when-you-re-reading/) David Ferry [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/david-ferry-67244_become_when-you-read-something-and-especially-w_2698151.jpg) > [“How long does a building stand before it falls? How long does a contract last? How long will brothers share the inheritance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/how-long-does-a-building-stand-before-it-falls-how-long-does-a/) David Ferry [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/david-ferry-67244_death_how-long-does-a-building-stand-before-it_2732154.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ferry/#itemlist", "name": "David Ferry Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always been - as a teacher, as graduate student, as a student, and I think, really, as a child - I've been interested in poems, but not so much for what the take home pay is, what you might sum up from them in moral or intellectual terms or whatever, but what's in the certain lines and how lines relates to other lines.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Ferry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduate-student-as-a-student-and-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/david-ferry-67244_always_i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduat_1592783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/david-ferry-67244_always_i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduat_1592783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f00/david-ferry-67244_always_i-ve-always-been-as-a-teacher-as-graduat_1592783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've always been - as a teacher, as graduate student, as a student, and I think, really, as a child - I've…” — David Ferry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think in terms of projects.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Ferry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ferry/i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/david-ferry-67244_projects_i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects-18975_1897565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/david-ferry-67244_projects_i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects-18975_1897565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/david-ferry-67244_projects_i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-projects-18975_1897565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think in terms of projects.” — David Ferry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you read something, and especially when you're reading compellingly great, that becomes part of your identity, at least while you're reading it. 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