Kenneth Koch Quotes

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

Kenneth Koch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodPoetryPoliticalLittleSeems

Everybody perceives me because of my career that I'm a movie star, or I'm this model, but I'm still the same person I was when I was a little girl.

Andie MacDowell

GirlMeCareerPersonSameStar

No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money.

McLean Stevenson

GoodMoneyHappyDoingYouDirty

Most of my presumptions about a production are usually wrong.

Steven Spielberg

WrongProductionMostAbout

I try to, like, hang out with my family as much as possible. Hang out with the band, go hiking when I'm in the mood for that. Watch Netflix. It's really important for me; like, health comes before everything else.

Sigrid

FamilyHealthMeNetflixPossible

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

Shirley Manson

GoodVoiceLearnEnoughPowerful

I have a very close relationship with my daughter.

Ron Cephas Jones

DaughterRelationshipCloseVery

Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.

Mason Cooley

New Year'sGoodCreateTemporary

I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.

Michelle Shocked

MusicSoulThinkFeelingSwingJust

I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.

Michael T. Flynn

PotentialLongSoldierChiefBeen

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.

Dennis Prager

LifeFamilySocietyActingPerson

I don't trust the people when they say, 'There's pressure when you're top.' I prefer the pressure of being top of the table.

Antonio Conte

TrustPeoplePressureYouTableSay

If everybody knows where everything is kept you can avoid wasting time looking for things.

Anthea Turner

TimeLookingYouWasting TimeThings

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