Norman MacCaig Quotes

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

Norman MacCaig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryThinkQuestionSecondTaught

Verbal contracts are about as useful as a fart on a treadmill.

Robert Rinder

FartContractsUsefulTreadmill

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.

Jeanette Winterson

LifeThinkPricePrivate LifeOpen

You can actually take people with these precancerous lesions, and basically paint black raspberries on them, and they nearly vanish.

Michael Greger

PeopleBlackYouPaintTakeThem

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Sophocles

MindFreeBodyStillEnslaved

Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility - but it doesn't help you in acting. For acting, humility isn't the best thing. It'll weaken your work.

Steven Yeun

WorkBestHumilityHelpYouActing

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

DanceMeYouBodyTellMinute

When we moved back to the US, folk music was all the rage. So I traded in my banjo for a guitar.

Michael Storm

MusicGuitarBackRageUsBanjo

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

Ludwig van Beethoven

MusicStormMeDownSoundNotes

The 'garra charrua' is something we're proud of, even if other people sometimes misunderstand it.

Diego Godin

PeopleProudSometimesSomething

Celebrity! It's become the most disgusting word on the planet. It makes me sick to my stomach.

Drew Barrymore

MeSickBecomeCelebrityStomach

I'm a baseball freak.

Dee Dee Myers

BaseballFreak

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

Chris Daughtry

SellingPositionAshamedFortunate

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