John Ciardi Quotes

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down.

John Ciardi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986

Topics

TrustFeelPenDownMoreHim

I've always enjoyed that kind of thing - thinking about the production of narrative and why it is that when we read a novel, we don't notice the fact that someone who might be very close-mouthed or tight-lipped is perfectly willing to tell us a story in 600 or 700 pages.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

StoryThinkingSomeoneKindWhyUs

Losing has an unbelievably negative impact on me.

Jeff Van Gundy

LosingMeNegativeImpact

Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.

Ambrose Bierce

GodWorldDaysWeeklyOriginMade

Otherness is what I have always liked about bugs.

Sue Hubbell

AlwaysBugsLikedAbout

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

Steven Saylor

DetailsPictureDistanceBig Picture

And I used to assemble the family to hear because I thought that they were so good that even from the point of view of enjoyment people shouldn't miss them, and I got every word of his that I could, and I could see by hard argument there was only the one way for it.

Ruth Pitter

FamilyGoodPeopleThoughtViewWay

The problem is, we're moving to software-as-service, which can be yanked or transformed at any moment. The ability of your PC to run independent code is an important safety valve.

Jonathan Zittrain

MomentSafetyMovingProblemRunPC

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

Dick Cheney

GovernmentGrowWealthCreateWay

If I was working nine to five, acting would be my hobby... I always feel like maybe I should do an Open University degree. But I'm never going to.

Claire Foy

FeelHobbyActingNeverOpenDegree

In Washington, 'delay' is too often code for 'derail.' Wink, wink.

Peter Welch

WashingtonWinkDelayCodeOften

I think everything is a motive for money. Every thought, every belief, everything we're taught in school.

Kendra Wilkinson

MoneySchoolThinkThoughtBelief

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.

Koichi Tanaka

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