Philip Larkin Quotes

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?

Philip Larkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 9, 1922 - December 2, 1985

Topics

PeopleWritingThinkUnhappyYou

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

John Catsimatidis

BillionaireMike

My life mission is to spread peace to the world.

Mattie Stepanek

LifePeaceWorldMy LifeMission

I wrote 'The Searcher' because I love westerns, and they've fallen out of fashion.

Simon Toyne

LoveFashionOutBecauseSearcher

I need to broaden my horizons.

Trevor Dunn

NeedHorizonsBroaden

It is often useful, if an enemy happens to see you, to pretend that you have not seen him. Or it may sometimes be useful to pretend that you have other men with you. I did this once in the Boer War when, having crept up a donga to look at a Boer fort, I was seen by the enemy, and they came out to capture me.

Robert Baden-Powell

MenWarMeYouLookSometimes

I really want to work with Hugh Jackman and also Steven Spielberg.

Rohan Chand

WorkWantSteven SpielbergReally

I don't think anybody would dispute that we're seeing a warming of the Earth.

Dirk Kempthorne

ThinkSeeingEarthWouldAnybody

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

Douglas Haig

LossInitiativePolicyDefensive

In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I don't want those things in my life.

Chrissie Hynde

LifeExperienceJealousyMy Life

As long as there are people who are not happy with their lot in life, as long as the United States is perceived to somehow be the cause of this unhappiness, there will be terrorism.

Cofer Black

LifeHappyPeopleLongTerrorism

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

Alice Hoffman

BestMedicineSometimesMovies

I like to see people doubt me.

Sheryl Swoopes

PeopleMeDoubtSeeLike

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