For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – Joseph Brodsky

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language. – Joseph Brodsky
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky
The real history of consciousness starts with ones first lie. – Joseph Brodsky
Im afraid that this is me getting on my high horse now but we have yob television, yob newspapers, and funny enough whereas it was my mum and dad, school, police, church who used to set the standards, now its tabloids and yob television who set the standards by which people live. – Gordon Strachan