Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tony Buzan

In 1971, when I was 29, I wrote my first volume of poetry. I am a poet, and I have published four books of my poems.

Chang-Rae Lee

I think book clubs should read more contemporary poetry.

Umberto Eco

For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!").

William Wordsworth

poetry is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge

Tracy K. Smith

Often it is a moment rather than an event that makes a poem.

Robinson Jeffers

Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poetry, even that of the loftiest, and seemingly, that of the wildest odes, [has] a logic of its own as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets... there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

An undevout poet is an impossibility.

Julie Chapman

Katie could also be ready to do one or two events for us at Sectionals if we qualify.

Kenny Wallace

I always do look forward to the stand-alone events,

Kim Williams

He could score out in probably four events. He's going to help us in quite a few running events as well.

Shyam Selvadurai

On a personal level, I think the political situation in Sri Lanka is very much on the mind of Sri Lankans in Canada. They have family here and family back home, and it's possible they've lost members in any one of those tremendous, unbearable events there.

Chip Howard

There are so many events there - the floor is put up and taken down all the time, and that shortens the shelf life quite a bit.

Bob Nicholson

He's already missed two major events because of the suspension and now he's back. He's off suspension and now he is eligible.

Rick Murray

We suspect the future of this market may unfold similarly to the recent slowdown in Washington, D.C., or a situation similar to the events that transpired in Las Vegas a little over a year ago,

Aksel Svindal

We sure have a good tradition and I do all events like they do. They are kind of role models. I can still learn stuff from them.

Kevin Hadsell

I thought that the meet went well and that we had some very good performances. We didn't run everyone in all their events so for us to only lose by a few points is very good.

Rose Kennedy

Life isn't about milestones, it's about moment

Virginia Woolf

No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.

William Gibson

Novels set in imaginary futures are necessarily about the moment in which they are written.

Sarah Brightman

You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.

Roald Dahl

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.

Rob Bell

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart

Sarah Polley

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

Wayne Dyer

Don't Let the Elusive Present Moment Get Used Up by Thoughts that Aren't in the Here & Now

Samuel Goldwyn

Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible.