Ben Lerner Quotes

All I ask the haters – is that they strive to perfect their contempt, even consider bringing it to bear on poems, where it will be deepened, not dispelled, and where, by creating a place for possibility and present absences, it might come to resemble love.

Ben Lerner

Quotes to Explore

We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.

Gary Lineker
- Sports
- Easy
- Rights
Never having alone time is real tough on people.

Yakov Smirnoff
- People
- Time
- Real
My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.

Aaron Paul
- Father
- Fire
- Lighting
I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.

Nate Berkus
- Time
- Home
- Together
It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

Hans Blix
- Information
- Management
Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'

Carlos Pena, Jr.
- Up
- Growing
- Dad