William Jay Smith Quotes

To Tennessee Williams we owe a special debt. In a tragic age, he has transformed loneliness by naming it for us, suffered sordidness with beauty, graced poor hurt lives with love and pity.

William Jay Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 22, 1918 - August 18, 2015

Topics

LoveBeautyAgeLonelinessHurtUs

Nutrition makes me puke.

Jimmy Piersall

MeNutritionPukeMakes

I believed in God my whole life, and then strayed away from it in my teen-age years, until recently.

Andy Dick

LifeGodYearsAwayWholeUntil

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

Andrew Dominik

PowerOrganizationCriminalJustHe

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

Shimon Peres

LoveStrengthGirlMorningTimeShe

Nineties hip-hop was a big influence for me; it still is. I love '90s everything. And it's when I was born, too. I'm a '90s kid for sure.

Tori Kelly

LoveMeInfluenceBornHip-HopKid

The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.

Miroslav Volf

GodBehaviorNewDoneFollowWell

I had not met Tina Fey before I auditioned for '30 Rock'. Some people think we're old friends from 'Second City' days. I had always been a fan of Tina's. But I actually never planned on being in a sitcom.

Judah Friedlander

Old FriendsPeopleCityThinkRock

In terms of directing a feature, I'd want the story to be right - you know, it's a year of your life, and you have to be focused on one thing, so I want it to be a story that I really, really care about and will enjoy making.

Julia Stiles

LifeStoryCareEnjoyYearYou

I don't want the bottom, so I have to sacrifice the top.

Chuck Berry

SacrificeWantTopBottom

If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.

Brigham Young

PowerYourselfThinkEndDevilYou

Never promise more than you can perform.

Publilius Syrus

YouMoreNeverPromiseThanPerform

Woman must have a purse of her own, and how can this be so long as the law denies to the wife all right to both the individual and the joint earnings?

Susan B. Anthony

WifeWomanLawLongRightOwn

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