"For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language."

Attitude, Patriotism, Language, Writer

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"For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language."

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"I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made."

E. P. Thompson, British Historian

Attitude, Decision, Information, Open

"We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Attitude, Folk, Hesitation

"What makes your life rainy or sunny is your attitude towards life, not the attitude of life towards you!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Attitude, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"Feeling bored is a childish attitude.You wouldn't feel so if you don't relyon somebody to change your feeling."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Attitude, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Today

"Cynicism is one of the terrible obstacles to progress."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Attitude, Cynicism, Truth, Wisdom, Obstacle

"Sometimes you just have to have a can-do fuck you attitude."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Attitude, Confidence, Rebellion, Strength

"It is important to take the seriousness out of things that do not deserve it. Take the seriousness out of it, and the thing loses its power."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Attitude, Seriousness, Power, Control

"Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Attitude, Order

"Guard yourself with a positive attitude, conviction, hope and fulfillment of your heart's desire."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Attitude, Hope, Fulfillment, Positivity

"If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first."

Mark Twain, American Author

Attitude, First, Frogs, Job

Explore more quotes by Joseph Brodsky

"For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey."

Poetry, Departure, Doctrine, Journey

"Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair."

Despair, Snobbery

"Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production."

Poetry, Life, Production

"It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything."

Reading, Read

"It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot."

Nation, Country, Jury

"I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change - within himself, not on the outside."

Change, Soul, Man

"Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a yardstick for the language."

Language, World

"The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie."

History, Lie, Consciousness, First

"Life - the way it really is - is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse."

Life, Battle

"How delightful to find a friend in everyone."

Friendship, Friend