Billy Collins Quotes

When I became poet laureate, I was in a slightly uncomfortable position because I think a lot of poetry isn't worth reading.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryReadingThinkUncomfortable

As a great employer, one of things we prize is political consistency and clear policy.

Joe Kaeser

GreatConsistencyPoliticalPolicy

I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail.

Jodi Picoult

TechnologyLookingWebsiteActive

People compare me to Batistuta, and he is the player I base myself on.

Mauro Icardi

MyselfPeopleMePlayerHeCompare

I'm just glad that I get to talk about the superstar, my mentor - Marcus Mariota. That's who I try to be like. He's been a big inspiration to me and my family. I couldn't thank God more for him being bestowed into my life.

Tua Tagovailoa

LifeFamilyGodMeThank GodMentor

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Mary J. Blige

YourselfYouBackWantPlacesCheck

With my platform, anyway, I want to try and do good things and want to help people.

Millie Bobby Brown

GoodPeopleGood ThingsHelpWant

I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.

Dean Ambrose

NegativityAlwaysGuyBeingOffWho

Money is always the least of the problems. It is finding the right business or growing the right business. You can't do that without the right people.

Christoffel Wiese

BusinessMoneyPeopleProblemsYou

Each time you see a Western movie, it's a good reflection of where things are in the world at that time. It's probably one of the purest forms of cinema that really tells you where the world is.

Antoine Fuqua

GoodTimeReflectionWorldYouSee

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.

Wole Soyinka

WorkVisionArtI AmLiteratureOwn

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

Peter Diamandis

InnovationThinkingTrueWhoBlock

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.

Pearl S. Buck

HeavenCountryChinaGetChinese

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