James Fenton Quotes

At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This is the length of the ballad stanza, the verse of a hymn, and innumerable other kinds of verse.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PracticeReachEnglishWholeFour

And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

Jerry Cantrell

PowerHairBackBigBig HairGet

The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.

John Grierson

LifeVillageMoreStrikesAffected

We are, each one of us, not just defined by the arrangement of protein molecules in our cells, but also by the things we call our own.

Andre Aciman

CellsOwnThingsProteinCallUs

I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

Matt Long

BaseballTerribleAthleticPlayed

There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience.

Amy Lee

LifeMusicExperienceSpiritualBand

The Indians may have in their religion and culture a reverence for the land. But then they get into the pressures created by modern society. Unless they are reasonably well-educated, they can't deal with them.

Stewart Udall

CultureReligionSocietyLandModern

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.

Robert Fripp

HeartMeJazzPlayingAcousticKit

When the bank asks me about my assets, I include my friendship with Regis Philbin.

Lou Holtz

FriendshipMeBankAssetsAbout

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

Douglas MacArthur

LiveDieAfraidOnlyFitWho

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

Brian Aldiss

ChildhoodDiesCorpses

My mom is the type of mom who wonders why I haven't used my psychology degree to become a successful clinical psychologist.

Autre Ne Veut

MomWhyBecomePsychologyDegree

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.

Phil Bredesen

LifeDeathPeopleDecisionsMean

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