Billy Collins Quotes

A lot of my poems either have historical sequences or other kinds of chronological grids where I'm locating myself in time. I like to feel oriented, and I like to orient the reader at the beginning of a poem.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeMyselfBeginningFeelWhere

Airbnb is about travel.

Joe Gebbia

TravelAirbnbAbout

Besides, Weebles are too hard to draw - they just end up looking like eggs, not people.

Jesse James Garrett

PeopleLookingEndHardEggsUp

I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that I can't even say what inspired some of the songs that I've been singing for a long time anymore.

Angel Olsen

ChangeTimeMeSingingMeaningLong

I love houses. I'm not sure why.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

LoveWhySureHousesI Love

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Robert E. Howard

MenKnowMoreWithoutBecauseSplit

Obviously, CM Punk is a really big draw for the UFC. He's going to bring a lot of eyes to the UFC, and the better he does, the better it'll be for all MMA fighters as far as sponsorships and stuff.

Robbie Lawler

EyesBetterPunkBringBigGoing

Music really transcends languages, and it means so much.

RM

MusicMeansMuchReallyTranscends

I loved fun. I spent my whole life in search of fun. I have not given up that part of myself.

Rob Lowe

LifeMyselfFunSearchLovedUp

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there.

Miguel de Icaza

PeopleGoOutUsedFarMost

You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it.

Michael Leunig

GrowthCrazyWishYouHardshipWill

I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings.

Jasmila Zbanic

LifeDailyLieDaily LifeBuildings

Podcasts are hard! I mean, you gotta get the microphones and all these things... there's a lot going on there. I never really realized how much goes into producing things till I did 'Gay of Thrones.'

Jonathan Van Ness

YouGayNeverMeanHardGoing

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