Judith Rich Harris famous quotes

Not being a poet, I prize truth above beauty.
-- Judith Rich Harris

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The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.
-- Judith Rich Harris

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Birth order effects are like those things that you think you see out of the corner of your eye but that disappear when you look at them closely. They do keep turning up but only because people keep looking for them and keep analyzing and reanalyzing their data until they find them.
-- Judith Rich Harris

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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

Poets are born, not paid.

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

Parts win prizes, not actors.

Competition exists to choose who gets the prize when the prize can’t be shared.

Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.

I am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.