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Robert Pinsky Quotes

New Jersey is the most poetic state: close enough to New York to be urban and cosmopolitan, far enough to be desirous and unsure; densely populated, but full of farms and woods, with the most deer of any state.

Robert Pinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: October 20, 1940

Topics

New York Woods Enough New Deer Far

In many traditions, hawks are sacred: Apollo's messengers for the Greeks, sun symbols for the ancient Egyptians and, in the case of the Lakota Sioux, embodiments of clear vision, speed and single-minded dedication.

John Burnside

Vision Dedication Sun Speed Clear

The game is not lost - or won - until the last bell goes.

John Curtin

Game Lost Bell Last Goes Until

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

Meg Cabot

Back Nice Matter Never Company How

I think there's always been, to some degree, a misunderstanding about what science fiction is all about, in that it has been judged by the general public as being literature of prediction, and it isn't.

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Think Literature Degree Been

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Robert M. Pirsig

Alone Others Presence Even He

Sure, every young person dreams about being famous, but nobody wants to be famous - unless they're Zsa Zsa Gabor - every single moment of every single day.

John Ritter

Dreams Moment Day Famous Person

Kyrie Irving could use a little help.

Rob Portman

Help Little Use Could Little Help

One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.

Mary Oliver

Poetry Know Clear Must Understood

Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films.

Jason Bateman

Small You Career Acting Equal Big

The longest journeys start with the smallest steps.

Cherie Blair

Start Steps Longest Smallest

I just go with my gut.

Christine Taylor

Go Gut Just

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.

Pope Benedict XVI

Women God Men Peace World Earth