Eliza Griswold Quotes
I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.
Quotes to Explore
-
Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
-
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
-
I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
-
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
-
Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
-
When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.
-
I'm a rock and roll singer.
-
I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
-
I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing.
-
I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
-
The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I find I'm perhaps a little less touched by it. In both cases, I've coped artistically by believing the criticisms weren't right. They upset me, but they didn't challenge my understanding of how to write, nor of how morality functions in literature.
-
On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.
-
Financial regulatory reform is one of the top legislative priorities of the Obama Administration.
-
All Americans have benefited from the dedicated service of Representative Henry Waxman. In every battle and in every moment that mattered most, Rep. Waxman stood up for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wild places we cherish.
-
Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A.
-
Music has always been around with me.
-
Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody, I have some money 'cause I just got paid. How I wish I had someone to talk to, I'm in an awful way.
-
Et maiores vestros et posteros cogitate.
-
Money only buys the illusion of power. Real power is in the force of will - will strong enough that others bend to it for its own sake, and follow it willingly. Power that is won through deception will evaporate under the hot light of truth.
-
You can chose if you want to be imagined or remembered.
-
For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.
-
That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.
-
I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.
-
I think most good poetry is about suffering; I think that's what underlies the love in these landays pieces - suffering and longing.
