Austin Clarke Quotes

In these days of our new materialistic Irish state, poetry will have a harder, less picturesque task. But the loss of Yeats and all that boundless activity, in a country where the mind is feared and avoided, leaves a silence which it is painful to contemplate.

Austin Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SilencePoetryMindLossCountry

Women. They are a complete mystery.

Stephen Hawking

WomenMysteryComplete

Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

Spike Jonze

LoveOpinionWrongGoSaySee

I felt New York was a big, more stylish, more metropolitan Golders Green. I was thrilled.

Simon Schama

New YorkGreenStylishNewMoreBig

The tech-driven economy leads to a two-tier job market where workers are either critical or 'commodity.' This divisive 'winner-take-all' mentality hurts most Americans and worsens economic inequality.

Tom Steyer

JobInequalityEconomyWorkersWhere

The music stuff is just a hobby.

Tom Felton

MusicHobbyJustStuff

I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand.

Rob Portman

DecisionI AmNewPresidentZealand

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

Rosa Luxemburg

ChainsMoveWhoNoticeThose

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

Michael Rooker

WorkRememberYouKnowWillSee

For this reason poets and artists developed the doctrine of Art for Art's Sake. The community did not appear to need them, so, tit for tat, they did not need the community. This being granted, it was no longer necessary or even desirable to make one's poetry either intelligible or sympathetic to the community.

Louis MacNeice

CommunityArtPoetryNeedReason

The script for 'Trainspotting' was amazing, and it was different from the book.

Jonny Lee Miller

AmazingBookDifferentScript

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

Chris Evert

GivingYouRelationshipsTennis

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Alice Walker

GodMeChurchFeltEverAny

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