Norman MacCaig Quotes

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.

Norman MacCaig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 14, 1910 - January 23, 1996

Topics

PeopleMeBetterKnowMoreWrite

A face isn't an organ, like a liver or a heart. A face is muscles, nerves, bones, and skin. A face is more like a hand or a foot.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

HeartFaceSkinHandMoreLiver

I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.

Jeff Lynne

AgeTreeThinkThoughtTopAlways

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

Michael Bolton

KingMovingHumanHuman BeingBeing

Artists need support, time and money to develop their ideas, and if people rip stuff off, you don't have to be that brilliant to figure out that you're ultimately going to affect the end product.

John Polson

TimeMoneySupportPeopleIdeasEnd

Me and my mate used to go across the park, jump on the Met line to get the Tube into Harrow. There was a sports shop we always used to go into, and there was a McDonald's. We used to go off with three or four quid in our pocket. That would cover our train fare, mooching around Harrow, and going to McDonald's.

Steve Easterbrook

SportsMeTrainJumpMcDonaldThree

We cannot be a house divided - divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live.

Stephen Vincent Benet

LiveSoulHouseWillDividedCannot

'Merlin' was a big step; it was my first big role in a show.

Tom Hopper

StepFirstBigShowRole

I am spiritual. I believe God loves and is pulling for all of us.

Rodney Atkins

GodSpiritualI AmBelieveI Believe

'Beloved' by Toni Morrison. I think I read it first in college and have read it every few years since. The language itself is remarkable. I don't know that I've read a book that explains America so well.

Ross Gay

CollegeBookThinkLanguageAmerica

I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government - let's call it one man's idea of American freedom in exile.

Michael Moriarty

FreedomMyselfManGovernmentKind

Now, games have been democratized. Everyone plays games.

Chris DeWolfe

NowGamesEveryoneBeenPlays

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

Antonio Tabucchi

LifeTeacherJobHappyGoLiving

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