Seamus Heaney Quotes

I think that water is immediately interesting. It's just, as an element, it is full of life. It is associated with origin; it is bright - it reflects you.

Seamus Heaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWaterThinkInterestingYou

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.

John Wesley Powell

LanguageTongueGreaterThanMuch

When I'm on stage, the songs that we've chosen to play from the back catalog are things that still resonate with me, and matter to me. And the songs that I couldn't be a part of, we don't play anymore.

Trent Reznor

MeBackPlayMatterStageThings

I think this is how life is. It's not a linear march through time; you revolve around the same old things as you age and acquire experiences.

Miranda July

LifeAgeTimeThinkYouMarch

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

Doug Larson

HappinessPeopleWorldLookingFull

Every film teaches you something; every experience on every film set with every co-star teaches you something. You learn something new. I think the challenge is to keep working harder and doing better.

Deepika Padukone

ChallengeExperienceThinkBetter

My family, as you can probably guess, was more into Christmas cookies and not so much the fruitcake.

Christina Tosi

FamilyYouCookiesChristmasMore

I went to college, and I didn't want to be in a sorority, so I started working in restaurants. In my mind, that was my social outlet.

Christina Tosi

MindCollegeWantStartedWorking

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.

Cleopatra

CaesarPraising

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

Peter DeFazio

MilitaryPermanentInterestMustAny

While I support initiatives to improve quality and efficiency in Medicare, I do not believe that these efficiencies should come at the cost of patient well being.

Shelley Berkley

QualitySupportBelieveEfficiency

I have to laugh to myself. I don't find it work to write music, because I enjoy it. I'd find an evening of bridge hard work because you have to think like hell, and at the end, you get nothing for it.

Richard Rodgers

WorkHard WorkMusicMyselfBridge

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.

Mario Vargas Llosa

BusinessMemoriesWritingWorldBook

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