Robert Penn Warren Quotes

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.

Robert Penn Warren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989

Topics

LifeLightManPoetryEndSee

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical.

Jim Carrey

MoneyMeStartThinkingSomeoneYou

Eventually I'm going to be too old to be on camera, and I've been doing stand-up a long time.

Jen Kirkman

TimeDoingCameraLongLong Time

Everything is nicer if you feel you're in love.

Andrea Corr

LoveFeelYouEverythingNicer

I loved having Indian take-aways on a Friday night in Liverpool, but it's so different in the real India.

Amy Jackson

NightLovedFridayIndiaReal

Even in a crowded room, likable leaders make people feel like they're having a one-on-one conversation, as if they're the only person in the room that matters. And, for that moment, they are. Likable leaders communicate on a very personal, emotional level.

Travis Bradberry

MomentPeopleFeelConversationRoom

You don't have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It's really a fascinating mythology.

Robert Crumb

BibleChristianYouMythologyReally

I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers. It makes me wonder why I brought up the recovery story in the first place.

Mary Docter

MeSayingStoryWonderPlaceKnow

If you want proof of what the country is really all about, just walk through the National September 11 Memorial Museum. Here it is, in the faces of the victims, in the stories of bravery, in the souls and memory of the survivors, the next of kin.

Mike Barnicle

WalkMemoryYouMuseumCountryWant

I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wouldn't promote it, and I wouldn't tour. Actually, it wasn't a very good album anyway - it got buried underneath the pits of Hell, I suppose.

Christine McVie

GoodFlyingHellHouseAfraidSolo

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Augusto Pinochet

DemocracySometimesBloodMust

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston Churchill

MonkeyNeverRoomHoldDiscussions

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!

Sharon Olds

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