Seamus Heaney Quotes

The day I entered St Columb's College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it.

Seamus Heaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DayParentsCollegeMeEveningPen

A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

John C. Reilly

CharacterPeopleDoneSayKindWay

Some friends of mine bothered me for a long time about getting on the social networking pages. They were close friends that I liked to mess with, and I think that I kind of enjoyed for a while that it bothered them so much. Now they've just kind of given up.

John Hawkes

TimeMeNetworkingThinkFriends

People don't know that the very reason the police were made was to oversee slaves; they would be called overseers, and if a slave got out of line or tried to break away and escape, these were the people to hold them in and bring them back.

Robert Glasper

PolicePeopleBackKnowEscapeLine

I sit on the board of Cloudera, a big vantage point of big data.

Aneel Bhusri

DataPointBigSitBoardVantage

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.

Michael Caine

ThoughtWantActorFirstSawRanger

I'm so protected in my Nickelodeon bubble and 'What I Like About You.' It's all pretty much the same people I've worked with and it was pretty protected.

Amanda Bynes

PeopleYouBubbleSamePrettyLike

You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me. You go from 'Honesty' to 'Going Through Hell' - you can listen to the hits, and they pretty much reflect who I am. 'Take a Back Road' is the same thing.

Rodney Atkins

HonestyI AmMeRoadHellYou

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

Mary Kay Ash

ThinkYouRight

My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

Martin Shkreli

TruthUglyMeDirtyProfitExpect

People have kind of latched on with my personality and how I play golf and how I carry myself. It seems like every town we go to, I'm experiencing newer things with these types of fans.

Jason Dufner

MyselfPersonalityPeopleGolfPlay

We have at our fingertips information that 500 years ago would have made the poorest man a prince.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

ManInformationYearsWouldMade

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill.

Joni Mitchell

WorldAmericaPositionMentallyIll

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