Kenneth Koch Quotes

Once I start writing about something, it goes off rather fast, and sometimes details which might be interesting such as what the room looked like or what somebody said that was not exactly on the same subject tend to get lost.

Kenneth Koch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingStartDetailsInteresting

People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

Jeremy Lin

PeopleSayingSlowYouLookLooks

My songs are somewhere between story and situation. There's also character and mood. I'm an intuitive writer, both with instrumentals and songs with words.

Jenny Scheinman

CharacterWordsStorySituationMood

I can't write - I can't think like a woman... it's not natural, but I've tried.

John Grisham

WomanThinkWriteNaturalTried

As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.

Robert Reich

RoutineRepairTestDigitalWorkers

The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand.

Stella Young

FearPeopleDiscriminationAustralia

Getting things straight in your head is a major achievement because there's so much clutter out there. You've got to push aside the static to really hear the music.

Steve Wynn

MusicAchievementPushYouOutHead

My own country, Slovakia, has been there for South Sudan and its people. We made South Sudan a priority country of our official development assistance and humanitarian aid.

Miroslav Lajcak

PeopleCountryDevelopmentMy Own

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

LL Cool J

GameYouRulesKnowEducated

One of the things I love about opera is that it's the combination of all the art forms, and certainly the world of fashion is a big deal in it.

Joyce DiDonato

LoveArtWorldFashionOperaBig

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Dogen

LoveFlowerGardeningWeedEven

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Chris Cooper

HumorThinkKindWitCapableBig

I've seen the photos of me and Flo Rida. It doesn't matter how we met. We met. I don't want to say that we're a couple. I can definitely say that he's somebody in my life, and I'm definitely interested but I'm not serious with anybody.

Brandy Norwood

LifeMeMy LifeI CanSeriousWant

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