Richard Wilbur Quotes

It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self.

Richard Wilbur

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1921

Topics

GreatMindSelfBetterBackTrue

When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' There was an amazing teaser trailer with all this weird kind of documentary footage. We were like, 'What was that! I've got to see that! What the hell was that?'

Matt Reeves

AmazingThinkHellWeirdRemember

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.

John Woolman

YearBornWestJerseyI Was Born

All in all, I don't think robots and greater automation can bring about a utopian world as I imagined it would as a kid 50 years ago.

Stanley Druckenmiller

WorldThinkAutomationRobotsKid

After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.

Rob Lowe

TimeMomentDayParentsGoodbye

I think it's crucial that we remember the lives of people, not their deaths. Our deaths are not our lives.

Ross Gay

PeopleThinkRememberOurI Think

If I was designing a web site for elementary school children, I might have a much higher percentage of older computers with outdated browsers since keeping up with browser and hardware technology has not traditionally been a strong point of most elementary schools.

Mike Davidson

TechnologyChildrenSchoolComputers

I love the water. Everything about it. Smelling the humidity in the air, seeing the mist rise in the morning, feeling the dew-wet grass on my bare feet. I love watching the fish jump and the geese land. We even have an eagle here that circles every so often.

Lori Foster

LoveMorningWaterEagleFeetFish

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.

Chuck Close

YouNeverCapableDefineApply

You could call me a 'card-carrying feminist,' if there were a card to carry.

Susannah Grant

MeYouCarryCallFeministCould

As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.

Peter Greenaway

GoodMoreCriticsLikeValuableTen

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

Peter L. Berger

WorldSocietyCapitalismEconomy

Leadership desperately needs women.

Marilyn Ferguson

LeadershipWomenNeedsDesperately

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