John Crowe Ransom Quotes

But we moderns are impatient and destructive.

John Crowe Ransom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 30, 1888 - July 3, 1974

Topics

DestructiveImpatient

I don't write songs.

John Corbett

WriteSongs

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

Anna Maria Chavez

WantMentorsRoleRole ModelsSimply

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

John Updike

HappyAmericaYouConspiracyMake

My family are my priority but I've always had a strong work ethic and I like to be busy.

Amanda Holden

WorkFamilyBusyStrongWork Ethic

For the dead there are no more toils.

Sophocles

DeadMoreToils

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Tom Peters

BusinessImprovementQualityDesign

When you're in a band, you're just trying to do whatever you can to keep your band together. You're thinking very inwardly, very myopic.

Mike McCready

TogetherThinkingTryingYouBand

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

Joshua Lederberg

LifeHopeScienceStylePeopleWill

I've been on the road since I was 15, in one way or another - on a bus, in a 15-passenger van, pulling a U-haul - so I would be lying if I said sometimes the miles and the road didn't get long. But it's always rewarding, that hour and a half every night you get to stand up there and see it all pay off and feel the love from that crowd.

Jay DeMarcus

LoveNightRoadStand UpStandYou

I don't like long jokes. I like stories rather than setup punchlines.

Sebastian Maniscalco

LongJokesLikeRatherStoriesThan

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Richard M. Nixon

MountainYouKnowDeepestValley

I don't Twitter. I don't text for those very reasons. I don't want anything to be misinterpreted. I would encourage our guys not to do that.

Nick Saban

WantAnythingEncourageWouldText

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