I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting Hiawatha and they groan. – Erica Jong
I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. Its for others its for others to use. – Leonard Cohen
If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, its a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women. – Christopher Hitchens
Doctors confuse color and chemistry. The white meat of chicken is therefore the essence of a light diet and dark meat is poison. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
