James Russell Lowell Quotes

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

James Russell Lowell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891

Topics

EyePoetNotebook

The great thing about baking is that you can bring in an apple pie when you have company and say, 'I baked this for you,' and people love it. Men love it when you bake a pie for them.

Jerry Hall

LoveGreatMenPeopleBakingYou

I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I am up to - what the story's up to - and I'm giving them clues and matter to keep them interested without giving everything away at the start. Even the rules, if any, of the game are for the reader to discover.

John Crowley

I AmStartGameStoryGivingRules

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

Angela Davis

WorkPrisonRightsInvolvedGeneral

She saw the myriad gods, and beyond God his own ineffable eternity; she saw that there were ranges of life beyond our present life, ranges of mind beyond our present mind and above these she saw the splendors of the spirit.

Sri Aurobindo

LifeGodMindPresentBeyondShe

I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers.

Sigourney Weaver

SchoolDramaPeersDiscouragedAlong

I was able to be more reckless and now I still make mistakes, but having kids, you have a responsibility and these little people who are looking up to you for everything.

Shooter Jennings

ResponsibilityMistakesPeopleYou

Religion is many things, but one of them, surely, is a way for adults to indulge in uncritical hero worship.

Robert Webb

HeroReligionWayWorshipThings

I'm brave and fearless when I'm performing, but in real life, I'm actually quite prudish.

Roisin Murphy

LifeBraveFearlessRealReal Life

I went to public school, and it shaped me as a musician.

Ruben Studdard

SchoolMePublic SchoolMusician

I know about technology, about research, scientific applications, culture, civilization, differences between nations of the world, the nature of history.

Mohammed Morsi

NatureTechnologyHistoryCulture

All men can live together, if they wish to.

Josephine Baker

LiveMenTogetherWish

I love the podcast medium. I really like the intimacy of it. You're just listening to voices in your ears.

Janet Varney

LoveListeningYouIntimacyEars

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