The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the ...
DEREK WALCOTT Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its ...
DEREK WALCOTT Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.
DEREK WALCOTT I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars.
DEREK WALCOTT If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
DEREK WALCOTT The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one's biography, joins in that sou...
DEREK WALCOTT The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is ...
DEREK WALCOTT Because that is what such a city is, in the New World, a writer's heaven.
DEREK WALCOTT A culture, we all know, is made by its cities.
DEREK WALCOTT We make too much of that long groan which underlines the past.
DEREK WALCOTT The sigh of History rises over ruins, not over landscapes, and in the Antilles there are few ruins t...
DEREK WALCOTT If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average...
DEREK WALCOTT Visual surprise is natural in the Caribbean; it comes with the landscape, and faced with its beauty,...
DEREK WALCOTT The future happens. No matter how much we scream.
DEREK WALCOTT This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen i...
DEREK WALCOTT Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, l...
DEREK WALCOTT Love After Love

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet y...
DEREK WALCOTT I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; i...
DEREK WALCOTT We knew there was a point when Kevin would come through and carry us.
DEREK WALCOTT He's just dominant. He knows how to play.
DEREK WALCOTT This image of us as being art supportive and very cultured is false, ... The money that we have now ...
DEREK WALCOTT I have always been fascinated by the musical talent, the calypso, the carnival and the sweet sound o...
DEREK WALCOTT The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own d...
DEREK WALCOTT Irving can be devilishly readable-just as your attention begins to flag, he sends in a troupe of mid...
JAMES WALCOTT I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.
DEREK JETER When you're your own producer, you do the most ridiculous, insane things.
BO DEREK For a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it.
BO DEREK I think we all have this image that we're going to be the hold-out and show what 51 really looks...
BO DEREK That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suff...
BO DEREK Elizabeth Taylor has reinvented herself and her image time and time again. The results have often he...
BO DEREK I have never dated. I have no experience. It's terrible, and I'm scared to death of it, too,...
BO DEREK We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much ...
BO DEREK There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pi...
BO DEREK It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but ...
BO DEREK I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and...
BO DEREK I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses...
BO DEREK Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really...
BO DEREK I tend not to worry about things I can't do anything about. It's not in my nature to spend t...
BO DEREK I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.
BO DEREK When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something - usually an expressio...
BO DEREK I was alone for five years. Having a love is a gigantic bonus in life, but I wasn't unhappy when...
BO DEREK Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me...
BO DEREK It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always exp...
BO DEREK Even though I grew up surfing and sailing in Southern California, I was born horse crazy.
BO DEREK I found my love when I was 17-years-old and my love is one hundred percent honest. We've never h...
BO DEREK Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. Al...
BO DEREK '10' was amazing! I had no career before '10' and then all of a sudden I was able to...
BO DEREK There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work hard...
DEREK JETER We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in ...
DEREK JACOBI I used to sleep in the T-shirt I wore during the day and whatever ratty old gym shorts I could find ...
DEREK BLASBERG If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
DEREK BOK The purpose of money is to trade for things that make you happy. So if you can bypass money and get ...
DEREK SIVERS I know it's not particularly tech-savvy of me to suggest a camera that doesn't have a touchs...
DEREK BLASBERG Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just ...
DEREK LANDY We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content wi...
DEREK JETER When people think of biblical movies, they imagine sweeping epics like 'The Ten Commandments....
DEREK CIANFRANCE Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her
father’s other brother, a horr...
DEREK LANDY I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of...
DEREK JARMAN I find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.
DEREK LANDY You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant."
"We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.
DEREK LANDY mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves."
"Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?"
DEREK LANDY Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hun...
DEREK LANDY At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of ...
DEREK WALL Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed.
"Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he le...
DEREK LANDY I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly lit...
DEREK LANDY Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.
DEREK LANDY All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your se...
DEREK JARMAN These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to h...
DEREK JARMAN How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requ...
DEREK WALL The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.
DEREK JARMAN I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surf...
DEREK JARMAN If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
DEREK BOK The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malprac...
DEREK JARMAN One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flower...
DEREK JARMAN Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understan...
DEREK JARMAN An orgasm joins you to the past. Its timelessness becomes the brotherhood; the brethren are lovers; ...
DEREK JARMAN Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money.
BO DEREK The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
DEREK BOK If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Har...
DEREK BOK I believe that Harvard can have, and must have, a strong affirmative action program that reflects ou...
DEREK BOK Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's somethi...
DEREK JETER For me, when I was a kid, volunteering was the last thing I was thinking about. When I see kids doin...
DEREK JETER Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important cours...
DEREK BOK The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge ...
DEREK BOK You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series.
DEREK JETER I wound up getting my degree in sports medicine and nutrition because I wanted to work in the medica...
DEREK THELER These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going ...
DEREK JARMAN Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.
BO DEREK Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
DEREK JETER When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.
DEREK JETER You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business,...
DEREK JETER Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what comm...
DEREK BOK I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want to write music, I want to play music,...
DEREK HOUGH It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want ...
DEREK HOUGH Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby.
"Can it do any tricks yet?"
"I'm sti...
DEREK LANDY I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from t...
DEREK LANDY The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man's voice called, "Uh, hello?"
Valkyrie looked...
DEREK LANDY Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have...
DEREK BOK Look, pain is there in the world, and there's catharsis through that. I feel like there's......
DEREK CIANFRANCE When I grew up, a director was Cecil B DeMille, a guy sitting down with a megaphone speaking. He was...
DEREK CIANFRANCE My older brother gave me a cassette tape of Mr. Bungle, and I couldn't stop listening to it. I u...
DEREK CIANFRANCE I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go som...
DEREK JETER The man had a smooth voice, like velvet. “I’m Detective Inspector Me. Unusual name, I know. My f...
DEREK LANDY The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really ...
DEREK HOUGH I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what i...
DEREK JETER Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.”
“If you ...
DEREK LANDY I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.
DEREK LANDY Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream...
DEREK LANDY Valkyrie patted Fletcher’s arm. “Don’t worry,” she said. “If the bad man comes, I’ll pro...
DEREK LANDY The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have ...
DEREK JETER I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for b...
DEREK HOUGH Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet ...
DEREK JETER You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always s...
DEREK JETER I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with...
DEREK JETER I was an audience member before I'm a filmmaker. All I've tried to do as a filmmaker was to ...
DEREK CIANFRANCE I'm a huge, huge comic book fan. I love the superhero movies so much. If I had to be one of the ...
DEREK THELER I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid befo...
DEREK JETER I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. ...
DEREK BOK For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relev...
DEREK BOK Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your...
DEREK JETER Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my c...
DEREK DROUIN Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my fi...
DEREK MAGYAR I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another ...
DEREK FISHER I think people need fantasy, but I think they also need to know that they're not being lied to. ...
DEREK CIANFRANCE Gracious ignored him. "A farmer's daughter, she was, though back then every girl was a farmer's daug...
DEREK LANDY If he can't get to the clock, any idea how we deal with this lot?"
"With great care," Donegan s...
DEREK LANDY I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and...
DEREK HOUGH But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat c...
DEREK LANDY One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the rain till all hours, and it w...
DEREK JACOBI Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make r...
DEREK BOK Of course I want to kill you," said Skulduggery. "I want to kill most people. But then where would I...
DEREK LANDY Emergency Valve Regulators," she repeated. "So you do know what your doing?
"Not really," he sa...
DEREK LANDY Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests ...
DEREK BOK Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to...
DEREK BOK My character is an agoraphobic. She is afraid to leave her home or wherever her safe place is and in...
BO DEREK It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected th...
BO DEREK It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but other wise t...
BO DEREK I grew up on the beaches of Southern California surfing and sailing and I've always loved horses so ...
BO DEREK I found my love when I was 17-years-old and my love is one hundred percent honest. We've never had a...
BO DEREK Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really.
BO DEREK Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I ...
BO DEREK "10" was amazing! I had no career before "10" and then all of a sudden I was able to do pretty much ...
BO DEREK All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your se...
DEREK JARMAN I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this perso...
DEREK JETER I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distract...
DEREK JETER I don't regard the fact that there's a disparity in test scores nearly as importantly as I d...
DEREK BOK That took the wind out of our sail, that's for sure. You'd like it not to, but that's a pretty big h...
DEREK AVERY Our success will depend on how fast the juniors and sophomores can adjust to the varsity game. We ha...
DEREK AVERY He's not only big and strong, he's got moves. They were just better than we were tonight. They're go...
DEREK AVERY Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do ...
DEREK AVERY He's a big kid. We have to be able to wrap up and gang tackle. We have to be ready for a physical ga...
DEREK AVERY Their quarterback can run and throw well. They have an end that has speed and their halfback is 215 ...
DEREK AVERY We didn't do a very good job at defending tonight. A few times, our corners got sealed inside and we...
DEREK AVERY We're delighted with the quality of all submissions. We are committed to publishing as many new voic...
DEREK ARMSTRONG I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountai...
DEREK ARMSTRONG They got a good hockey team over there and they battle hard every night. It's nice to get an extra p...
DEREK ARMSTRONG It's a terrible way to lose, like that. We definitely played hard as a team, (but) we only got one p...
DEREK ARMSTRONG It's a terrible way to lose. You get down 5-4 with a minute left and score a goal. That's a good way...
DEREK ARMSTRONG The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about the...
DEREK ANDERSON I knew it was the end of the game and that's what you have to do to win. You don't stop playing unti...
DEREK ANDERSON The kid is unbelievable, ... I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever.
DEREK ANDERSON The kid is unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it, in the NFL, or whatever.
DEREK ANDERSON That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help...
DEREK ANDERSON There have been a couple times when it was a Monday morning quarterback-type thing. Things where I w...
DEREK ANDERSON The big thing about (Cline's) teams is it starts with the offensive line, but when I think about the...
DEREK ANDERSON I don't know why I'm not playing. I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip...
DEREK ANDERSON I got kicked on the inside at the end of the game in Portland. It was a bone bruise. It was real puf...
DEREK ANDERSON It's exciting; it's indicative that my hard work is translating into good performances, especially i...
DEREK ANDERSON It's just a blessing to be back for another year.
DEREK AMBROSE A lot of people want to continue life in New Orleans because they love it.
DEREK AMBROSE It was a big help. I was very appreciative of everything I received.
DEREK AMBROSE My dad's house got washed away in the flood. He has nothing to go back to.
DEREK AMBROSE I like tying our hooks, ... I learned it today. He (Broughton) tells us how to cast. You can't cast ...
DEREK ALLEN I have improved a lot. I think it's strength, age, experience, and attitude. Plus, I'm really, reall...
DEREK ALLEN They mostly recruit distance runners. They noticed how I've progressed through high school. They tol...
DEREK ALLEN Obviously, Nate is important and we'll see what happens there, but we think people will fill the spa...
DEREK ALLEN We've got a tough team,
DEREK ALLEN I just hope that teams realize my foot injury really hampered me. Playing in the SEC, you've got to ...
DEREK ABNEY I just hope that teams realize my foot injury really hampered me, ... Playing in the SEC, you've got...
DEREK ABNEY Everyone was encouraging to each other, ... It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a ...
DEREK ABNEY My parents are trying to not show their emotions, but I know they're getting really excited.
DEREK ABNEY [The deadline] came when I was preparing for the Scouting Combine. But it's no big deal; I can take ...
DEREK ABNEY Actually, I'm pretty happy. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be, but I'm still getting over a broken ...
DEREK ABNEY Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryo...
DEREK ABNEY I want to hang my hat on my speed. I want to show I'm a legit 4.3 guy. And off the field I want the ...
DEREK ABNEY I want to hang my hat on my speed, ... I want to show I'm a legit 4.3 guy. And off the field I want ...
DEREK ABNEY Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But,...
DEREK JACOBI Oh how Shakespeare would have loved cinema!
DEREK JARMAN Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's ...
DEREK LUKE There's feelings there, but I think I've just been pretty good at trying to hide my emotions...
DEREK JETER Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has...
DEREK BOK I grew up as a fanboy and a giant nerd, and I mean that in the most loving sense. I loved playing &#...
DEREK MEARS I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we...
DEREK SIVERS It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but ...
DEREK JETER An orgasm joins you to the past. Its timelessness becomes the brotherhood; the brethren are lovers; ...
DEREK JARMAN Hopefully, I'm not preaching to an empty room.
DEREK DUNCAN When I cast great actors, I try to make extraordinary people ordinary, dealing with these extremely ...
DEREK CIANFRANCE If things go wrong, I'll lead them away. Once it's clear, get back to the car. If you don't see me i...
DEREK LANDY Over his shoulder, she saw Skulduggery walk in. "Oh, hell," she muttered.
Wreath's smile reapp...
DEREK LANDY How are we going to get out of here?"
"Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan."
"...
DEREK LANDY