Tim O'Brien Quotes

Poetry is not an issue of form and enjambments. Poetry, as the word is classically used, has to do with sound and sense. It can be rhyme. It can be rhythm, pace, breath.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1946

Topics

PoetrySoundRhythmBreathUsed

When I was young, many people worked for a company with a pension plan that covered them for as long as they lived. If they didn't have a pension plan, they could count on Social Security and Medicare.

Robert Kiyosaki

PeoplePlanLongSecurityYoung

I want everyone to look back and think that I was awesome.

Andy Roddick

ThinkLookBackWantAwesome

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

Stewart Udall

GrowthPeopleAmericanChoiceFacing

The Clinton era is over. I think that there would even have been a certain amount of rejoicing among some Republicans if Gore had won or if Ralph Nader had won or if Satan had won.

Tucker Carlson

ThinkSatanOverBeenWouldEra

I just love working with actors in general.

Treat Williams

LoveWorkingJustGeneral

Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.

Rob Sheffield

SpaceTouchDevotionSecretSacred

Being named to the Olympic team has special meaning to it because I feel like I've come full circle.

Mirai Nagasu

TeamFeelMeaningCircleSpecial

I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

MotherWomenMenSometimesCousins

During my film career, I have received love and affection from Indian cinegoers. I have received unconditional love from them.

Dilip Kumar

LoveCareerUnconditional LoveFilm

Having billions of dollars immediately available to plug budget holes without raising taxes is very appealing. And to the delight of Wall Street investors, state and local governments often fail to ask the important questions or consider the long-term impact.

Dick Durbin

ImpactBudgetQuestionsWallStreet

Generally speaking, exoplanets can be any size, and they are found in a wide range of orbits. Some have massive gas atmospheres; others are smaller with an icy or rocky composition.

Debra Fischer

OthersSizeCompositionSpeakingGas

The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.

Chris Cornell

CandleThinkReasonRoomAnything

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