Billy Collins Quotes

I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don't hold my interest because I don't care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FateCareKindPointHoldInterest

We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.

Michael Bennet

WorkEducationTaxDebtEconomyGot

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.

John Sergeant Wise

ManPeopleMeChoicePossibleWould

I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because really, what kind of relationship would that be? One where someone's only attracted to you because they're ignoring a fundamental part of you? No thanks.

Stella Young

RelationshipMeIgnoreSomeoneLook

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

WorkYouBodyLookFindHard

It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

Janet Yellen

PeopleMeProblemFindJudgment

I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its own funds to fighting terrorism than any other municipality.

Jose Serrano

New YorkCityFightingCountryKnow

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress, she still had to do a lot of sewing. The more I think about her, the more remarkable I realise she was. And she understood straight away when I said that I wanted to write.

Derek Walcott

MotherChildrenTimeStruggleThink

As I traveled around the country on a book tour for 'In Harm's Way,' I began learning how certain Indianapolis survivors had heard these voices - not necessarily the voice of God, but often that of someone who had fostered them and imparted an identity as a person who doesn't quit.

Doug Stanton

LearningGodIdentityBookVoice

It is time that we take control and find a way to curtail the explosive costs of health care. Small businesses deserve a chance to channel these funds toward other needs, such as expanding and creating more jobs for the economy.

Christopher Bond

HealthTimeControlSmallChance

For every criticism of the U.S. economy, whenever people go into a panic, they look around and say, 'That's the cleanest shirt I have. So I'm putting it on.'

Austan Goolsbee

PeopleCriticismLookGoSayShirt

Relationships have to have a give and take if they're going to work in the long term.

Shakira

WorkLongRelationshipsTakeGoing

I was born in 1943 at Neston in the Wirral, not far from Liverpool where my father, Richard William Hunt was a lecturer in paleography, the study of mediaeval manuscripts.

Tim Hunt

FatherBornStudyWhereFarHunt

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