David Antin Quotes

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

David Antin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 1, 1932

Topics

RejectionEntertainmentAudienceIdea

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'

John Cleese

LifeYouWantLivingFairAsking

We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.

Jeff Duncan

ThinkPauseNeedRefugeeWholeHit

Bray is where I live; it's a seaside resort. It's a nice place to walk up there and stuff, on the coast. There's crosses along on top of it.

Tristan MacManus

LiveWalkPlaceNiceTopUp

I don't want to be too over-exposed, but then at the same time I don't want to be too out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

Ludacris

TimeWantSameThenTooSame Time

Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn't grow in abundance, it grows from scarcity - the more Lego bricks you have doesn't mean you're going to be more creative; you can be very creative with very few Lego bricks.

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp

CreativityCreativePeopleGrowYou

Music was always a huge part of me, but I always did it on the side. I didn't even take any music classes in high school... it was more of an extracurricular thing.

Daya

MusicSchoolMeHigh SchoolHigh

I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most.

Conor Oberst

LoveEnjoySongwritingPerforming

When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over and over again, the very act of waking up to a world complicit in your distress can feel like a herculean task. But black people are human beings, just like everyone else.

Clint Smith

FearTimePeopleWorldBlackFeel

I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''

Claudio Ranieri

SayingAskEnglishHearWordTutor

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

Brian P. Cleary

HateSchoolTalentReadingLittle

We are the poorest and weakest state in the world, occupying the lowest position in international affairs; the rest of mankind is the carving knife and the serving dish, while we are the fish and the meat.

Sun Yat-sen

WorldRestFishKnifeServingMeat

To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.

Sheri S. Tepper

ScienceMeIdeasYouEscapeKind

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