Stephen Vincent Benet Quotes

Trouble with women. Can't do any art and be married if you're in love with your wife.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1898 - March 13, 1943

Topics

LoveWomenArtWifeYouTrouble

My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LifeMarriageFatherMotherParents

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.

Robert Mapplethorpe

GoodMyselfFlowersWayLighting

I can't understand how some guys get tired after one round. If you can't go the distance, why are you even in the fight?

Michael Bisping

FightTiredYouDistanceUnderstand

If I haven't made myself clear, this worrisome chain of events describes the game of the nineteenth century.

John Thorn

MyselfGameEventsClearChainMade

Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.

Tommy Chong

LifeAmericaCorporationsRuled

I think that hip-hop has done what it was supposed to have done, which is it defied all the laws of what is statistically a music genre and what statistically is not a music genre. Because it wasn't supposed to be here.

Monie Love

MusicThinkDoneHip-HopHereLaws

In great deeds something abides.

Joseph Chamberlain

GreatDeedsSomething

I'm defined by the character I have.

Jordan Rodgers

CharacterDefined

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

Jonah Hill

LoveTimeWiseWritingActingYoung

I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back.

Dominic Holland

I AmMeBackMonsterComediansSome

It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.

Bruce Davison

RidePeopleSufferingMeHealthy

I was really scared of the devil growing up: I was convinced I was going to be possessed.

Perfume Genius

Growing UpDevilGrowingUpScared

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