Stephen Spender (Sir Stephen Harold Spender) Quotes
An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . .
Stephen Spender
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Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
Samuel Johnson
I still say to myself when I am depressed and find myself forced to listen to pompous and tiresome people 'Well, I have done one thing you could never have done, and that is to have collaborated with Littlewood and Ramanujan on something like equal terms.'
G. H. Hardy
I called this press conference today to talk about a new challenge that i will face, a personal one – one that requires me, once again, to be an underdog and a fighter. A few days ago, I was diagnosed with cancer, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma, to be specific – which is a cancer of the lymph nodes.
Larry Hogan
Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council.
Maureen Forrester
History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
Bob Barr
When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people come in and out of it all the time. On a nice day, office workers and students sit on the lawn outside and have lunch. It's great to see how Northern Ireland has changed. To be part of that is fantastic.
James Nesbitt
You can't write all those little nuances, inflections that they'd do, ... James and Benny, playing off each other, they'd come up with something ten times better than what you thought you had.
Lamont Dozier
God has called every Christian to international missions, but He does not want everyone to go. God calls some to be senders.
David Sills
The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm.
Wendell Berry
We procrastinated in the U.S., it's true. And we are changing that.
Martin Winterkorn
I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.
Christopher Walken
An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . .
Stephen Spender
