Ezra Pound Quotes

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

Ezra Pound

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1885 - November 1, 1972

Topics

LiteratureAbilityVacuumSocialUse

If you're wearing something I like, I will come over and ask where you got it from. I'm not shy!

Joanne Froggatt

YouShyWillAskOverSomething

I am not a Hollywood Jew and I won't ever be one.

Jean-Marie Messier

I AmHollywoodEverJewAm

I've had failures myself before Uber.

Travis Kalanick

SuccessImmigrationCountryImportant

I just want people to hear me and my story.

Juicy J

PeopleMeStoryWantJustHear

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

Dinesh D'Souza

PeopleStrongTemptationLyingNever

The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.

Desiigner

MeReadyMilesSomethingGoingGive

I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade.

Bob Uecker

LifeBestMy LifeThreeYearsSpent

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Audrey Hepburn

KindnessGoodWisdomKnowledgeAlone

When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.

Philippe Falardeau

YouWantFirstEveryoneFilmShow

It's much harder to detect a lone wolf than it is somebody who's associated with a larger organization who's having planning meetings and making phone calls to people in the organization. And so that is really how the jihad has really developed in the United States.

Peter Bergen

PeopleOrganizationPlanningWolf

I never really felt free to talk a lot about my family life because I don't want to sacrifice anybody else's privacy. If you look through the archives, you will see, for example, no pictures of my children. That is not because I don't love them. I think I've been a really good dad; at least, I try to be.

Scott Turow

LifeFamilyLoveGoodChildrenFree

Routines are normal, natural, healthy things. Most of us take a shower and brush our teeth every day. That is a good routine. Spiritual disciplines are routines. That is a good thing. But once routines become routine you need to change your routine.

Mark Batterson

ChangeGoodDaySpiritualYouTeeth

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