Billy Collins Quotes

I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.

Billy Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveSilenceGoEarsSlowlyLearned

I can only speak for my husband and myself, but we don't feel like we could do any of this parenting without our faith.

Jodi Benson

FaithMyselfParentingHusbandSpeak

It seems like a gross waste of time to continue our career predicated on the idea that we're going to divide opinion. What's more important is just doing something that you love.

Andy Biersack

LoveTimeOpinionDoingYouCareer

It's not easy, but I'm really enjoying what I am doing. One day I am in Chennai, the other in Mumbai, then in Coimbatore. But I love my job, and I am really passionate about my work.

Amy Jackson

WorkLoveDayJobI AmDoing

I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid.

Stan Wawrinka

GreatEnjoyOthersMoreWatching

I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.

Tove Lo

PeopleMeLearnPushStopGo

Our father was a farmer and an entrepreneur as well as a musician, and we're pleased to deliver the fine taste of Jamaican coffee and our family's heritage to people everywhere through Marley's One Drop.

Rohan Marley

FamilyFatherCoffeePeopleHeritage

Writing an opera and premiering in England, you could say I was going right into the eye of the storm and I came out successfully. A little tattered and bruised, but so what, I made it.

Rufus Wainwright

StormWritingEyeYouSayRight

Anytime you're going to take your Marines into harm's way, they are looking for leadership that is calm, assertive, sure of themselves. And quite honestly, I don't think that some of these young Marines care if it's a male or a female. They just want to be properly led.

Loretta Reynolds

LeadershipLookingCalmThinkCare

Why not show off if you've got something to show?

January Jones

YouWhyShow OffSomethingShowOff

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

Dirk Benedict

MoneyImaginationPassionateWrite

I like Honey Singh. I love the music that he does.

Armaan Malik

LoveMusicHoneyLikeHeDoes

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

Shannyn Sossamon

LiveMyselfThinkTryingCould

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