Austin Clarke Quotes

When I first discovered for myself the Celtic Twilight and read the earlier poems of Yeats and others, all was entirely incomprehensible to me. I groped through a mist of blurred meanings, stumbled through lines in which every accent seemed to be in the wrong place.

Austin Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 9, 1896 - March 19, 1974

Topics

MyselfMeWrongPlaceOthersFirst

I'm always looking for something new to do.

Joe Bonamassa

LookingNewAlwaysSomething

I like photography as a recording device. It's the best possible two-dimensional representation of 3D living things that we have.

Andrew Zuckerman

BestPhotographyLivingPossible

I don't go in the sun, and I wear SPF daily. I'll wear a hat and cover my hands, too.

Maye Musk

DailyHatSunHandsGoWear

Changing our consumer behaviour is similar to quitting smoking. Unless people are shocked into doing it, either by social disapproval or family disapproval or fear of the medical consequences, they'll just keep on smoking.

John Quelch

FamilyFearMedicalPeopleSmoking

I'm a mom. I work. I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have certain similar needs, and I address them.

Joy Mangano

WorkMomHouseCleanThingsNeeds

According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.

Jay Leno

MoneyNew YorkBookSexNewWill

How do I keep young? Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!

Donatella Versace

SleepNightDeepYouYoungKeep

Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability to look at the peculiarities of the world and find humor in it.

Christopher Heyerdahl

HumorWorldLookFindAbilityGone

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

Christian Marclay

FailureYouDiceJust Do ItJust

It's important for Americans to know what the guys fighting the wars have been experiencing, not just from the perspective of a talking-head politician or a four-star general.

Brandon Webb

PerspectiveFightingKnowImportant

Boards without women - blacklist those suckers. It's 2011. They've had the time - it's significant that they don't have women.

Anne M. Mulcahy

WomenTimeWithoutSignificantThose

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

William Samuel Johnson

HappinessHopeWorldChiefSpecies

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