Mark Strand Quotes

I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.

Mark Strand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeSayEngageLikePoemsBore

But when our first album came out, I didn't think it was going to sell a lot of records.

Stephan Jenkins

ThinkFirstOutGoingSellRecords

My real name was Thomas Jones Woodward, so I dropped the Woodward.

Tom Jones

NameRealDroppedReal NameThomas

Workers are most likely to save for retirement if they have access to a workplace savings plan and are automatically enrolled in that plan.

Tom Perez

RetirementPlanWorkplaceSavings

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.

Rob Portman

BibleInterestingTaxNowCodeNine

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.

Rob Lowe

WorkGreatWritingBetterMovies

It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.

Robert Wilson

NewImportantSomethingTraditional

What N.Y.C. does attract, year in and year out, is the very best general talent from around the world. The absolute smartest, neurons-just-fire-faster, can-bend-spoons-with-their-mind talent.

Jose Ferreira

BestTalentWorldYearOutAttract

It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.

Dolly Parton

MeOldEatYearsCocktailShrimp

I think social and moral disengagement is repugnant.

Douglas Coupland

ThinkMoralSocialI ThinkRepugnant

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

Demetrious Johnson

LifeLivePeopleMeMy LifeOutlook

Access to maternal healthcare is a human right.

Christy Turlington

HealthcareHumanRightAccess

Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense.

Boy George

SucceedThinkSomeoneYouWellOnly

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