Joseph Brodsky Quotes

Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature has the right to interfere in the affairs of state.

Joseph Brodsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996

Topics

LiteratureMoreRightSocialAncient

The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.

John Lydon

DayIdeasStopRunOutRecords

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right.

Sol Wachtler

PastIdeasRightOpenIn The Past

Anyone can make things that are beautiful; we need to make things that are remarkable.

Steve Wynn

BeautifulNeedThingsRemarkable

Growing up, I wanted to be Chris Evert.

Tory Burch

Growing UpGrowingUpWantedChris

I try to eat in one of my restaurants every day, and I eat out in another restaurant every day. It's what I do.

Tom Douglas

DayRestaurantEvery DayTryEat

If you get simple beauty and naught else, you get about the best thing God invents.

Robert Browning

BeautyGodBestSimpleYouGet

I like it when journalists are nice to me, and it's happening more and more.

Ronnie Wood

MeNiceMoreLikeHappening

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.

Ruth Glick

InternetWayOutThroughChiefGet

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

Don Henley

MeThinkPlayKnowFirstPretty

I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeSuccessThinkCarePersonNeed

I'd quite like to try all sorts of different things, whether it be theatre, TV or film.

April Pearson

TheatreTryThingsFilmDifferent

The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of darkness.

Ariel Sharon

StruggleDarknessFightWorldFree

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