Attitude Quote by Joseph Brodsky Download Open image “For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.” — Joseph Brodsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Attitude Language Patriotism Writing
As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform, but how… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Patriotism, currently, is nothing but the deadly evolution of narrow minded politics which has distorted language.” — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all means -… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Let me ask you this, Mr. Ai: do you know, by your own experience, what patriotism is?” “No,” I said, shaken by the force… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is the wholesome, constructive love of one’s land and people. Nationalism is the unhealthy love of one’s government, accompanied by the aggressive desire… — Clyde N. Wilson Copy Share Image
“I think flexibility, humility, and multilingualism should take the place of sticklerism, arrogance, and nationalism when we think about language. I” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.” — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is most often nothing more but an extension of individual egoism” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
For some odd reason, the expression 'death of a poet' always sounds somewhat more concrete than 'life of a poet.' — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
On the whole, love comes with the speed of light; separation, with that of sound. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“In the business of writing, what one accumulates is not experience but uncertainties.” — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I haven't shifted language. I'm writing in English because I like it. I'm a sucker for the language, but the good old poems I'm… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best proof of the Almighty's existence is that we never know when we are to die. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I grew up in the sort of cultural milieu that always regarded conversations about the political discourse as tremendously low-brow. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“What gets left of a man amounts to a part. To his spoken part. To a part of speech” — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“The instinctive preference was to read rather than to act. No wonder our actual lives were more or less a shambles” — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Americans have been tremendously fortunate in poetry, regarding both the quantity and quality of poetry produced. Unfortunately, it remains in schools and universities; it… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE. WE MUST BE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS… — MARVIN J. ASHTON Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. — Terrence Malick Copy Share Image
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Don't judge me because I'm stupid. Don't judge me because I'm, mean. Don't judge me because I'm weird. Don't judge me for mistakes. Because… — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
Your feelings (mood) dictate your thought, your thought determines your attitude (reactions) and your attitude describes your lifestyle, so: be careful how you feel — Sheye Hassan Copy Share Image
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“Good Seeds! Gratitude is the Greatest Attitude that has no Substitute.” — Bernard Kelvin Clive Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
One genuine reason to feel jealous of my parents:-) I will never ever have a kid as awesome as their's... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
