I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. – John Donne Category: Poetry
Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. – William Bolitho Category: Poetry
I think that concrete poetry seems to have, as far as I can see, come to a kind of a dead end. It doesnt seem to be going any further than it went in its high period of about five or six years ago. – James Laughlin Category: Poetry
Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in unison in all human souls. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), paraphrase Category: Poetry
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, its best to let him run. – Abraham Lincoln Category: best
Im not a tough guy. Im just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you cant deal with it, too bad. – Kevin OLeary Category: Truth
The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset. – Liberty Hyde Bailey Category: Education