Roger McGough Quotes

Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together.

Roger McGough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 9, 1937

Topics

AloneTogetherThinkFeelWorthYou

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

Jim Brown

LifeSchoolPeopleHigh SchoolLong

I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.

John Bolton

RunWouldWhoCandidateHimself

The Hebrew Bible, while firmly opposing pagan sexual practices, nevertheless celebrates man's and woman's desire for each other as divinely designed.

Meir Soloveichik

WomanManBibleDesireOpposing

When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.'

Robert Redford

LifeWisdomLearnYouGoNew

The child in each of us must be nurtured - that often makes us the best.

Maurizio Sarri

BestChildUsMustOftenMakes

Saddam was a bad guy. Assad's a bad guy. Nobody's denying that.

Jeff Duncan

BadNobodyBad GuyGuySaddam

Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236 billion.

John Spratt

ShortYearCountryYearsLastJust

Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'

Steven Wright

DeathWordsEndWishBedSometimes

I do my days at the station and then get my training in.

Stipe Miocic

TrainingDaysGetThenStation

Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.

Simon McBurney

InterestingYouPlayPointSomething

When I was really young. My sister and I would create different characters with our Barbie dolls - I'd be the crazy diva Barbie and she'd be the homeless Barbie.

Jordana Brewster

CrazySisterHomelessCreateYoung

There I was - 20 years old, living in Ireland, and I'd never heard the word 'venture capitalist.' But I'd said that I wanted a job that involved a lot of negotiation, a lot of yelling at people on the phone, and for it to be high-risk, high-reward.

Chris Sacca

JobPeopleNegotiationPhoneLiving

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