James Merrill Quotes

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five.

James Merrill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995

Topics

ImaginationMeThinkSaidBecome

Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms. The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.

John Burroughs

NatureWomenCharacterBestMind

The Congress plays a central role in our constitutional structure.

Tom Cotton

CongressStructureRoleOurCentral

At age 12, or even eight or nine, athletes were my role models. So when I would say I wanted to be the best, it was just because I was seeing my idols and wanted to do that. I don't think it necessarily was the most realistic thought process.

Milos Raonic

AgeBestThinkThoughtProcessSay

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

WorkDisciplineProblemsSolution

Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.

Joseph Kosinski

BusinessGreatDoingMoviesClearly

When you're out on the road touring and touring and then making records, you're just constantly looking forward, constantly working. You don't really stop to look at where you are or where you've been.

Chris Cornell

Looking ForwardLookingRoadForward

A light cotton cami is always great to stay cool.

Ashley Madekwe

GreatLightCoolAlwaysCottonStay

Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative.

Susie Orbach

BeautyStarsBecomeInvitationBeen

The film business has so many twists and turns that it's a miracle any film gets made.

Peter Hambleton

BusinessMiracleTwistsFilmMade

The overwhelming number of Democrats... think our trade policy has gone in the wrong direction. They think that our trade policy encourages companies to leave the country. They think our trade policy has caused more and more businesses to outsource.

Sherrod Brown

DirectionThinkCountryWrongMore

Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external.

Martin Amis

LiteratureCinemaExternalInternal

I love celebrating Mother's Day. Since I was a kid, it was a special day to tell my mother and grandmother how much I love them. Now that I'm a mom, it is a special day to spend with my children.

Kirsten Gillibrand

LoveMotherChildrenDayMomNow

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