George Oppen Quotes

Things explain each other, not themselves.

George Oppen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984

Topics

ExplainThingsOtherThemselvesEach

The Alaskan summers are one of the most amazing things you can see.

John Gourley

AmazingYouSeeThingsMostSummers

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Anatole France

LoveGreatServiceReligionSin

In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

DeathLongRunDeadLong Run

I'm always crying. I get a lump in my throat when I see intimacy between parents and their children.

Anna Chancellor

ChildrenParentsIntimacyAlwaysSee

If you speed up your trip, you'll miss a lot of interesting sights and also wear yourself to a frazzle.

Michael Frome

YourselfInterestingSpeedYouUp

The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the Gospels assume - that is, the cross is not a defeat, but the victory of our God.

Stanley Hauerwas

GodVictoryDefeatAssumeGospel

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.

Janice Dickinson

CelebrityEverythingMake-UpHawking

A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.

Drew Barrymore

WordsRedDressFreeBicycleDown

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

David Stern

WorkFreeSpeechYouFree Speech

Good writing is everything.

Corey Stoll

GoodWritingEverythingGood Writing

It's always great when you discover someone.

Brian De Palma

GreatSomeoneYouAlwaysDiscover

Your 'hara' is here, where your uterus is if you're a woman, where the tummy sticks out if you're a man, the centre of gravity of the human body. It is the synthesis of our intellect, body and spirit, and by developing our consciousness of it, we can become incredibly rooted.

Scilla Elworthy

WomanManYouBodyGravityBecome

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