Austin Clarke Quotes

Passion in Ireland is denounced as evil and obscene. Women are the snares set for us by the Devil.

Austin Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenPassionEvilDevilUsIreland

I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.

Joaquin Phoenix

LoveJobHappyProblemWantMaster

Too many younger artists, critics, and curators are fetishizing the sixties, transforming the period into a deformed cult, a fantasy religion, a hip brand, and a crippling disease.

Jerry Saltz

ReligionBrandFantasySixtiesCult

Every empire eventually falls.

Michael Douglas

EmpireEveryEventuallyFalls

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

Roger Ross Williams

WantBoxSomePutCertainly

I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly.

Jonathan Franzen

ThinkProcessDoingFindKnowWrite

I'm from the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean in the Lesser Antilles, the lower part of the archipelago, which is a bilingual island - French, Creole, and English - but my education is in English.

Derek Walcott

EducationIslandCaribbeanEnglish

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'

David Suzuki

DisciplineWorldThinkSeeingPlace

I cook rarely, but I've kind of got two or three dishes that I stick to. I do a great sweet potato and lentil curry.

Chris O'Dowd

GreatSweetThreeKindTwoStick

Girls are told they're not skinny enough, or they hear, 'She's old. She's boring. We've had her. She's not tiny anymore.' A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls.

Coco Rocha

PeopleEnoughYoungBoringSheOld

I figured out 'The Sixth Sense' in the first 10 minutes. I still found the movie touching.

Allen Coulter

FirstOutSenseStillFoundMinutes

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

William O. Douglas

FreedomAloneBeginningRightIndeed

The world needs another vehicle to get people to pay in cash.

Suze Orman

PeopleWorldPayCashGetNeeds

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