"I had lived all of my youthful dreams,……" — Jack Gilbert
"I had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don't have many dreams for adults because, historically, people have always died much younger than they do today."
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29 Quotes by Jack Gilbert
Jack Gilbert has 29 quotes on this site.
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What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
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We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The…
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks…
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life…
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ...…
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat…
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But…
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I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear…
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Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in…
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The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to…
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It is convenient for the old men to blame Eve. To insist we are damned because a country girl talked…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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