Billy Collins Quotes

I'm trying to write poems that involve beginning at a known place, and ending up at a slightly different place. I'm trying to take a little journey from one place to another, and it's usually from a realistic place, to a place in the imagination.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1941

Topics

JourneyImaginationBeginningEnding

Swanky means classy and funky.

Jidenna

ClassyFunkyMeans

I'm often at events when they're quite light-hearted social events when people would want me to kid around.

John Key

PeopleMeWantEventsKidSocial

Is France a completely open market to G.E.? No, of course not. I think we're more discerning about China because it's China, and they're big, and they're more concerning. But the best global companies are ones that are nuanced.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

BestThinkMoreOpenChinaBig

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

Michael Gambon

LoveDoneAlwaysComedianOhPlays

For me, New York is home because that's where I'm from.

Amy Heckerling

HomeNew YorkMeNewWhereBecause

If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people.

Tracy Morgan

LifeCatsPeopleCuriosityMy Life

The worlds of art, philanthropy, and business are absolutely intertwined.

Jorge M. Perez

BusinessArtPhilanthropyAbsolutely

If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows like Disneyland, I'll just do mainly hits. That's what they want to hear. I don't want to bore people. If I wanted that much to play nothing but 12 new songs, then I should go do it in a bar somewhere for peanuts.

Del Shannon

PeopleThinkPlayNewWantNothing

I try to be thoughtful when I speak but not edited. I make mistakes, but people like vulnerability.

Brian Grazer

MistakesPeopleSpeakThoughtfulTry

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

Plautus

LifeCourageChildrenParentsSafety

G.O.O.D. Music is on top because G.O.O.D. Music is the culture. When you think of, you know, just every aspect from music, influence, fashion, art level. If it's not G.O.O.D Music, then it's somebody who was influenced heavily by G.O.O.D. Music.

Pusha T

MusicArtCultureFashionThinkYou

When I wrote 'The Girl on the Train,' nobody knew who I was, and that's quite a comfortable position to be writing in.

Paula Hawkins

GirlWritingTrainNobodyPosition

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