Allen Tate Quotes

According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.

Allen Tate

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979

Topics

SocietyDesirePersonalBecomePoet

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Jesse Jackson

SeriouslyTakePastorRole

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Andre Maurois

MarriageNationWithoutAlmost

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does.

Maurice Sendak

FriendLiveMyselfDeathPartner

From the way that we build cars or going after space travel, I get excited about the transportation space because it's the second-highest household expense after housing.

Logan Green

TravelSpaceTransportationBuild

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.

Judd Rose

PowerCrazyAbuse Of PowerNewAbuse

I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.

Dean Norris

PlayFBIGotCIA

When you tell your kids they can be anything, you've got to be careful. I told my kids that, and I ended up with a music producer and an interior designer. But they're doing it.

Chris Gardner

MusicDoingYouBe CarefulAnything

I felt like by doing 'Turned Up,' it was something for my fans. It would be a great outlet for me to come out musically and really step up my game.

Christina Milian

GreatStepMeGameDoingMusically

I think 'One Woman Army' sums up the overall picture. I talk about love, about life, and I talk about what I want and would hope for and what I need as a woman. It kind of just says it all, you know?

Ciara

LifeLoveHopeWomanThinkPicture

I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work.

Peter Maxwell Davies

WorkEducationMusicPeopleYoung

Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset.

Peter Senge

LeadershipFailureMostDoomed

I love collaborating with people.

Peter Jackson

LovePeopleI LoveCollaborating

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