Billy Collins Quotes

A lasting marriage, they say, is one where the two reach for different sections of the Sunday paper. Me, I go right for the obituaries, just like those very elderly characters in Muriel Spark's spooky novel, 'Memento Mori.'

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MarriageMeSparkReachSundayGo

Sometimes I feel very young, and other times I feel like the side of a ship that's got a bunch of layers of mussels and barnacles on it.

John Darnielle

ShipFeelYoungSometimesSideGot

Omalu first found the tau 'threads' in the brain of former Steeler Mike Webster in 2002 and published his findings in 2005, in the journal 'Neurosurgery.'

Jeanne Marie Laskas

BrainJournalFirstFoundPublished

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

Travis Barker

LifeChildrenWantJustKidsThing

There's always something that you can learn and something you can teach.

Roman Reigns

LearnYouTeachAlwaysSomething

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.

Rumi

MyselfI AmChristianKnowSayNor

Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't.

Miranda Otto

PeopleMomentumHappenOutGetFew

Lauryn Hill's always been a hero of mine. And Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae and Adele, those are the current artists I would reference in terms of who's been able to do really amazing pop records with really cool, organic throwback elements of soul in there as well.

Judith Hill

HeroSoulAmazingCoolThrowback

I wouldn't believe there was something 'wrong' with my son.

Didi Conn

SonBelieveWrongSomething

'Hold On' is such an important song to me personally.

Chord Overstreet

MeSongImportantHoldPersonally

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

Craig Ferguson

ThinkComedyMoreSelf-EsteemLow

While I support making improvements in the Affordable Care Act, trying to enact them while holding the government and our economic recovery hostage is reckless and irresponsible.

Brad Schneider

GovernmentSupportCareTryingAct

I do have people looking up to me, which is still kind of weird to me. 'I'm like, 'Why? What have I done?'

Asa Butterfield

PeopleMeLookingWeirdDoneKind

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