"Why do so manysettle for so little? I……" — Jack Gilbert
"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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29 Quotes by Jack Gilbert
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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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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 had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that…
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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 Greedy Quotes
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one of 334 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
— Lance Armstrong
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There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy…
— Charles Baudelaire
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God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested…
— Bono
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I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are…
— Kenneth Branagh
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
— Caprice Bourret
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People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people…
— George Aiken
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
— Warren Buffett
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It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the…
— Julie Burchill
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I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do…
— Alan Alda
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The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons…
— Chanakya
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A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a…
— Marian Anderson
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There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
— Maya Angelou
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