James Fenton Quotes

Metrics are not a device for restraining the mad, any more than 'open form' or free verse is a prairie where a man can do all kinds of manly things in a state of wholesome unrestrictedness.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

ManFreeMadMoreOpenManly

That's something that the world needs to learn today: that you can disagree and still be friends.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

TodayWorldLearnFriendsYouStill

Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business.

Jen Kirkman

BusinessMeShow BusinessExcited

The story of my life publicly has been told through 'Alternative Press.' Former employees, people who have worked there - my friend Ryan Downey, who wrote for 'AP' for a long time - I've been able to have really great articles written about me and talk openly about things in my life.

Andy Biersack

LifeFriendGreatTimePeopleMe

Even if I'm in a movie theatre, I'll touch up an hour into the film because I know I could be a little shiny.

Jeffree Star

TheatreKnowTouchUpLittleFilm

There's no one type of film that I like watching. I loved 'Tropic Thunder' and the first 'Austin Powers,' and then 'The Godfather Parts I' and 'II,' 'There Will Be Blood,' Wes Anderson films.

Stana Katic

LovedBloodWillFirstWatching

Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to!

Sigourney Weaver

YouFollowWhoGuysAttracted

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

Roland Gift

ChangeCarMoneyValuePeopleThink

I went off to Harvard Law School for six weeks, and then I said, 'Doggone this, it's not what I want to do.' I remember when I told my dad I was leaving law school, and I wanted to go into football. He said, 'Be a good coach.'

Marv Levy

GoodFootballSchoolLawRemember

The simple fact of being a human being is you migrate. Many of us move from one place to the other. But even those who don't move, and you stay in the same city, if you were born in Manhattan 70 years ago, you're born in Des Moines 70 years ago, you've lived in the same place for 70 years, the city you live in today is unrecognizable.

Mohsin Hamid

LiveTodaySimpleCityYouBorn

When Jews left Judaism, they didn't stop being religious. They simply swapped God-based Judaism for godless secular humanism and leftism. For left-wing Jews, Judaism is their ethnicity; leftism is their religion.

Dennis Prager

ReligionStopEthnicityLeftJudaism

Bureaucratic advancement means fewer peers, more span of control, generally an increasing information-pump function, and increased distance from the actual implementation of whatever it is the organization does.

Chris Fussell

OrganizationControlDistanceMore

I love Jim and Pam at 'The Office.'

David Walton

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