Donald Hall Quotes

Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed or grew less.

Donald Hall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1928 - June 23, 2018

Topics

PoetryMeControlKindSoundLine

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

Joanna Lumley

MarriageTimeQualityLittle Things

For me, personally, I'm a 5'5" leading man. I'm no Brad Pitt or anything.

Jeremy Luke

ManMeAnythingLeadingPersonally

There's a lot of different parts to me, so it makes total sense to me that I would do a big TV show or studio movie and then do a free comedy show the next day. They both feel equally important to me.

Jenny Slate

DayMeFreeFeelComedyImportant

Since 1850, burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil and natural gas has increased 100 times to produce energy as the world has industrialized to serve the world's more than 6 billion and growing population.

John Olver

WorldEnergyGrowingOilMoreServe

In any relationship, there's gonna be conflict.

Solange Knowles

RelationshipConflictAnyGonna

We've got guys who aren't wrapping guys up... No matter how hard you hit them, you've still got to wrap them up.

Tony Dungy

YouMatterHardUpGotStill

Once when I was standing at the base, they started rotating the set and a big, heavy wrench fell down from the 12 o'clock position of the set, and got buried in the ground a few feet from me. I could have been killed!

Marvin Minsky

MeFeetDownGroundBigHeavy

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

Louis XIV

TimeUnhappySomeoneUngratefulMake

A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

Demetri Martin

PeopleMeGarbageCandyNeedHard

I changed the lyrics of 'All I Need Is the Girl' to 'All I Need Is the Job' for an audition years ago. It's a great ice-breaker - people want to laugh.

Bryan Batt

GirlGreatJobPeopleLaughWant

I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am.

Willie Nelson

I AmThinkI CanWayGuyJust

Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.

Pete Rose

SparkSomeoneYouCreateSometimes

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