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William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

By listening to the language of his locality the poet learns his craft. It is his function to lift, by the use of his...

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Robert Bly: I know a...

Robert Bly: I know a...

I know a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty than they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is...

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Francesco Petrarch: The aged love...

Francesco Petrarch: The aged love...

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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Dante: Art, as far...

Dante: Art, as far...

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's...

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Edwin A Robinson: Youth sees too...

Edwin A Robinson: Youth sees too...

Youth sees too far to see how near it is
To seeing farther.


Source: In The...

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Edmund Spenser: The poets' scrolls...

Edmund Spenser: The poets' scrolls...

The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by...

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Martin Tupper: To be accurate,...

Martin Tupper: To be accurate,...

To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write.

Source:...

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Denise Levertov: One of the...

Denise Levertov: One of the...

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as...

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Thomas Campbell: Gentlemen, you must...

Thomas Campbell: Gentlemen, you must...

Gentlemen, you must not mistake me. I admit that he is the sworn foe of our nation, and, if you will, of the whole...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Men get opinions...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Men get opinions...

Men get opinions as boys learn to spell,
By reiteration chiefly.


Source: Aurora...

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Andrew Schneider: I guess what...

Andrew Schneider: I guess what...

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't think you can measure life in terms of years. I think longevity doesn't...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: My body is...

Arnold Schwarzenegger: My body is...

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: The last three...

Arnold Schwarzenegger: The last three...

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else...

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Yul Brynner: Girls have an...

Yul Brynner: Girls have an...

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being...

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Denzel Washington: A film is...

Denzel Washington: A film is...

A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, Oh, I don't like it. One...

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Richard Burton: I rather like...

Richard Burton: I rather like...

I rather like my reputation, actually, that of a spoiled genius from the Welsh gutter, a drunk, a womanizer; it's...

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Michael Caine: The basic rule...

Michael Caine: The basic rule...

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly -- because if they...

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Warren Beatty: When you mutilate...

Warren Beatty: When you mutilate...

When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.

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Michael Douglas: Greed, for lack...

Michael Douglas: Greed, for lack...

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures...

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John Barrymore: The good die...

John Barrymore: The good die...

The good die young -- because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.

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