Kenneth Koch Quotes

Politics is there the way men and women are there, the way the Atlantic Ocean is there. Sometimes I've written about politics specifically, I mean about politics as it's understood on television and in newspapers.

Kenneth Koch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 27, 1925 - July 6, 2002

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WomenMenPoliticsOceanTelevision

If I go see a band, and they play, like, zero from any of their old albums, I'm very happy about that. I do not want to see the bands of my youth playing the songs of my youth. I hate that.

John Darnielle

HateHappyYouthPlayGoWant

Sadly, I'm one of those people who emotionally puts things off and then gets caught very blindsided at the end.

John Krasinski

PeopleEndThingsCaughtOffWho

Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.

Jeff Bezos

MatterMattersAlwaysDollarValued

I want my great-granddaughter to have a fairly good understanding of the world in which I lived for 81 years and also the world before I came into it - all the way back a hundred thousand years, to the beginning of our species.

Sidney Poitier

GoodBeginningWorldUnderstanding

Believe it or not, I used to be obsessed with shoes. I have maybe 50 pairs... until I moved to New York, when I realized I couldn't walk anywhere in any of them.

Ruthie Ann Miles

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Don't be afraid to try new things, because I just tried shot put not knowing my family history behind it, and trying it led me to the rest of my life.

Michelle Carter

LifeFamilyHistoryNew ThingsMe

This world belongs to all of us, and all sexes should be able to live in respect and harmony.

Michelle Yeoh

LiveRespectWorldHarmonyUsAble

I'm not much of a cook. I used to keep books in my gas oven - until someone told me it was a fire hazard.

Michiko Kakutani

FireMeSomeoneUsedKeepCook

I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.

Chuck Norris

PeopleActorCriticsAlwaysBeen

I did musicals from about age 10 to 18.

Alison Lohman

AgeMusicalsDidAbout

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

Philip Green

YourselfThinkYouSometimesPlaces

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

Richard Hughes

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