Mark Strand Quotes

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

Mark Strand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014

Topics

GreatPoetryPeopleWritingThink

I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.

Joe Strummer

ThinkMouthBackGoForgetRadio

People are complicated. Our behavior towards one another is strange. So I like opportunities to investigate that.

Michael Fassbender

PeopleOpportunitiesBehaviorStrange

I think the public can t accept the idea that someone as inconsequential as Oswald could have killed someone as consequential as Kennedy. They don t want to believe the world is that chaotic. It is.

Robert Dallek

WorldBelieveThinkSomeoneWant

I like all films whether it's dark or light, love, hate, whatever it is, I enjoy it.

Tom Felton

LoveLightHateEnjoyDarkWhatever

The style I have in judo is very unique... One big advantage a judo player has is they have very good posture and - like, wrestlers, they show when they're about to do a take-down... which judo players don't, and so I kind of incorporate the boxing style with a judo grip and finishing that way.

Ronda Rousey

GoodStyleUniqueBoxingKindWay

Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some ways it's the impact of living in a digital environment, and in other ways it's just really what happens when you stop leaning so forward to the millennium and you finally arrive there.

Douglas Rushkoff

TimeWorldForwardPresentImpact

As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.

Dean Smith

FriendshipYouTrySomethingSoon

I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse - 'bone' china, of course, contains bones, though we are inclined to forget that.

Christien Meindertsma

ForgetInventionNextChinaBones

My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.

Claes Oldenburg

AimFantasyExistenceGive

I've been many times to Dubai and the U.A.E., and I have friends that live there. It would be exciting to stage world heavyweight championship fights in the Arab world. It's something Muhammad Ali achieved when he fought in Zaire or the Philippines. It's absolutely exciting to fight in countries where you have never fought.

Wladimir Klitschko

LiveFightWorldFriendsDubaiYou

Truth comes out in wine.

Pliny the Elder

TruthWineOut

We have been so pleased with the response to our unique schools in the Nashville area, and we are confident that other areas will embrace our concept, as well.

Scott Thompson

ConfidentUniqueEmbraceWillWell

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