Tony Harrison Quotes

I think poems belong as much in the news pages as the literary pages. A lot of people throw aside the literary pages! Whereas everybody looks at the news section.

Tony Harrison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 30, 1937

Topics

PeopleThinkLooksNewsBelongMuch

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

John Boyne

AgeFocusBookFirstWholeWriter

For me, it's sad to say, but I would probably have a spiritual marriage but not a legal marriage, because I think so much about marriage starts to become about finances. It has nothing to do with God or feelings or the romantic side of marriage. It's about who owns what, who gets what? So what's the point?

Andie MacDowell

MarriageGodSadRomanticSpiritual

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.

John L. Phillips

FlyingNowInspirationTwoYearsHe

In Minnesota, we tend to be a little more open to immigration.

Amy Klobuchar

ImmigrationMoreOpenMinnesotaTend

Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.

Sophia Amoruso

LifeSuccessThinkKindScaryFinal

While most know the young Stalin was a seminarian, few realize that he was also a Georgian patriot, a published romantic poet.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

RomanticKnowYoungPatriotRealize

My mom was a single mother. She had six siblings in a big Irish family, all descended from shanty Irish folks who arrived after the Famine. They settled along the Cuyahoga River. It's the river that caught on fire. We're real good at picking real estate.

Rory O'Malley

FamilyGoodMotherFireRiverMom

Like most of us, Joe Biden has had moments when he's led the league in mistakes or verbal gaffes. The difference is his were on a public stage where explanations are almost always made out by pundits to be excuses.

Mike Barnicle

MistakesExcusesMomentsStageOut

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.

Mira Nair

ChangeTrustI AmPeopleThinkFeel

I'm a homebody, I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

Milo Ventimiglia

CookingKitchenBarOutHanging

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Livy

BetterLateNeverResistanceThan

I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and there is no jumping off at this point unless I just go nuclear. It's a really interesting part of the whole journey.

Jay Ellis

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