Stevie Smith Quotes

I may be smelly and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming, And I like the people to bathe in me especially women.

Stevie Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971

Topics

WomenPeopleMeSwimmingFishOld

I don't even know what the odds are for one kid or one team to make it here. Obviously, being from Canada this is their Stanley Cup - they made it. It's hard enough to get here and it's hard enough to advance.

John Atkinson

TeamEnoughCanadaKnowOddsKid

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ManYouSayWhateverForgiveMay

I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait to tell you what happened the other day. It comes tumbling out and maybe then they go back and refine. I kind of envy that way of working, but I just have never done it.

Amy Hempel

DayWaitStoryYouEnvyBack

We want to make the old fast food model irrelevant. We want to make great ingredients and classic cooking techniques accessible to everybody.

Steve Ells

GreatFoodCookingFastWantOld

I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

Stephen King

MotherSaidNeverSawStoriesHe

When you work with someone you don't quite know, you have to figure the director out, and you can come up with ideas that are counter-productive.

Stellan Skarsgard

WorkIdeasSomeoneYouKnowOut

It's a vain craft, acting.

Roger Rees

ActingCraftVain

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

Jean Chatzky

MoneyFinanceBookLongPersonalUp

We're a long way away from someone like Willie Pep winning a round without throwing a punch.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

WinningSomeoneLongWayWithout

Quite simply, we're re-telling the very first adventures of 'Daredevil', as originally seen in DD #1-6, but in a modern style and setting - being faithful without being slavish. And I'm using those adventures as a framework to delve into Matt's psyche a little, as he learns to become a hero.

Antony Johnston

StyleHeroBecomeFirstFaithful

In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.

William Robertson Smith

ReligionPeopleRulesPlaceAntique

Much of what we see in America, what most people feel has been progress and good things, have been brought about by the existence of third parties.

Peter Camejo

GoodProgressPeopleGood ThingsSee

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