Norman MacCaig Quotes

But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true!

Norman MacCaig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveThinkBetterNiceTrueRoom

I've failed a lot, you know, in football, and I've gone on a lot of auditions, been told no, been told I'm not right, so I know what failure feels like. It's about the work.

John David Washington

WorkFailureFootballYouKnowGone

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.

Andrew Cuomo

IntegrityCorruptionActingSitting

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design.

Robert Rauschenberg

IdeasThinkDesignYearsShapeBeen

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

Robert M. Pirsig

MountainsYouFindUpBringZen

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

Amy Chua

TeacherResponsibilityMomBlame

The internet business model changed dramatically. You would never have an Uber, you would never had an Instagram, if you didn't have a connected computer in your pocket that didn't also have a camera or a GPS.

Steve Mollenkopf

BusinessInternetCameraYouNever

I am the best cruiserweight in the world.

Tony Bellew

BestI AmWorldAm

I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

Tony Campolo

CommunityBlessingWorldThinkParty

We have a long and proud tradition as a nation of investing in our human capital so that we can build a thriving middle class. You look at the G.I. Bill after the war - it was an investment in our service members who had served this nation with distinction.

Tom Perez

ServiceWarProudLongYouLook

When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, 'Okay, this is something that I could take seriously.' When I came to Minneapolis, it just refined everything.

Lizzo

SaySeriouslyRockBandOkayTake

I flew home to Pittsburgh, and my management called me to ask if I wanted to perform on 'Dancing With the Stars' with Charlie Puth. I'm like, 'What? I grew up watching the show!'

Daya

StarsHomeMeManagementWatching

I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.

Brie Larson

MomNeverAlwaysSquareRebellious

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