Robert Hass Quotes

As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature.

Robert Hass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1941

Topics

LiteraturePoetAskedPoet Laureate

I think the choice of actors that we have is a little more varied and rich here in New York than in L.A.

Jerry Orbach

New YorkRichThinkChoiceNewMore

If you don't know how to hold a board, you're going to look phony. That's was the biggest pressure for me was to have that respect and to look up to that.

John Robinson

RespectMePressureYouLookKnow

In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish.

Steve Erickson

MemoryFaceLossYouHeSuspended

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.

Sophie Marceau

HappyPerformanceThinkSometimes

I started talking about retiring in 1997. This is a brutal game, and 25 years of it ain't good for your health. After I get past Tarver on Saturday, give me Klitschko or Tyson. Otherwise, I'm outta here.

Roy Jones Jr.

GoodHealthPastMeGameTalking

I'd had success with the junior England teams.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

SuccessEnglandJuniorHadTeams

A man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it's just not the same for a woman. A woman has to pay attention to her hair, makeup, clothing, and jewelry choices.

Michele Bachmann

WomanManHairMakeupChoicesBed

It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

WorryDoingYouSomethingSeems

My father was a part of that generation, and my mother, too - the late-'30s, early-'40s big-band generation. Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday - all that stuff was in my background.

Donovan

FatherMotherArtGenerationHoliday

I cut off my dreadlocks, but I couldn't face throwing them away. They were so hard to grow, man. There's a lot of work goes into those things. Some people keep a diary or a photo album to remind them of their past lives - well, I've got hair. Who knows? One day, maybe my grandchildren might want to see it.

Winston Marshall

WorkDayPastManPeopleHair

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

Wislawa Szymborska

WorldUpMakeWorthwhileWaking Up

Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.

Noam Chomsky

OpinionDictatorshipEgyptWayVery

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