Books Quote by Joseph Brodsky

“I have a poet's weakness for symbols.”

— Tennessee Williams

“Everyone has weaknesses. They are generally revealed in the patterns of mistakes they make.”

— Ray Dalio

What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them.

— Octavio Paz

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

— Fay Weldon

The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.

— Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength. There is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by…

— William Hazlitt

Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.

— Donald O. Clifton

“It’s my experience that a weakness understood is no weakness. If you know you have it, even if you can’t control it, you can…

— Kristen Ashley

“Observe the patterns of mistakes to see if they are products of weaknesses.”

— Ray Dalio

I found with poetry that I couldn't keep it up. I was too vulnerable. Maybe I was too aware of the audience. And I…

— Jonathan Santlofer

“A poem is a fictional, verbally inventive moral statement in which it is the author, rather than the printer or word processor, who decides…

— Terry Eagleton

“The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.”

— Anonymous