Seamus Heaney Quotes

I've said it before about the Nobel Prize: it's like being struck by a more or less benign avalanche. It was unexpected, unlooked for, and extraordinary.

Seamus Heaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: April 13, 1939 - August 30, 2013

Topics

UnexpectedSaidMoreExtraordinary

I have experience dressing me as a 6, a 12, and more. And when you go above a size 12, you don't lose your love of fashion.

Melissa McCarthy

LoveExperienceMeFashionYouLose

'Trainspotting' is among my favourite films of all time.

Max Joseph

TimeAmongFavouriteFilms

'The Admirable Crichton' is probably Barrie's most famous work after 'Peter Pan', nearly a pendant to that classic.

Michael Dirda

WorkFamousClassicMostAfterPan

Do everything to the best of your ability.

Meredith Vieira

BestAbilityEverythingYour

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.

Tony Harrison

ChangeGreatYourselfNameYou

I'm a closeted nerd. I studied Richard Dawkins. I watched every lecture. He's sort of the leading scientific atheist of our time. He's very provocative. His whole thing is science over spirituality.

Michael Pitt

ScienceTimeAtheistOverWholeHe

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

HeartFindWillWhateverOwnUs

You appreciate things after you lose them.

Jaromir Jagr

AppreciateYouLoseThingsAfter

I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.

Drake Bell

MusicPeopleArtistSayMoreJust

When I was at MK Dons, I played all the games in centre midfield, so it's not like it's new to me.

Dele Alli

MeNewGamesLikePlayedMidfield

I have a stunt double; his name is Glen Levy, and he has the hardest punch in the world. Seriously, it's actually been recorded by 'National Geographic.' He calls it the Hammer Fist.

Craig Horner

WorldNameSeriouslyHammerDouble

It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.

Phil Gramm

WorkPeopleHandsSayLivingTaxes

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