Billy Collins Quotes

My persona is less miserable than a lot of contemporary poetry speakers are.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryMiserableContemporaryPersona

The Depression did more to me than being a little Lebanese kid did.

Joe Jamail

DepressionMeMoreKidLittleBeing

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

Jhumpa Lahiri

WritingThinkKindRoleRecording

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

Jesse Jackson

PeopleBlackBuildRelationships

Treat everyone on Earth like you're staying in their home. Because you are.

Jen Sincero

HomeTreatYouEarthEveryoneLike

The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.

John Cornyn

SuccessHomeWomenAloneFreeStory

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel.

Andrew Cuomo

EngineeringInfrastructureManhattan

You can't explain collateralized debt obligation in a novel - it's too draggy.

John Lanchester

YouDebtExplainObligationNovel

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness.

Ang Lee

FearActuallyBringsFactor

I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.

Jeanne Moreau

LiveAlonePeopleThinkYouWant

Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.

John Shelby Spong

GodFaithMyselfExperiencePeople

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'

Amy Adams

GirlTimeParentsMeHairSaying

There are some disheartening days where I don't get to eat my favourite sweets, but my diet has to be followed.

Rithvik Dhanjani

DietEatSweetsDaysWhereGet

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