Alfred Austin Quotes

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

Alfred Austin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 30, 1835 - June 2, 1913

Topics

NatureGardeningHumilityClassEven

A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers.

Jerry Saltz

ArtPastNew YorkWorldNewYears

I'm pretty good at saying no to things, at discerning between what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not supposed to do.

Andrew Garfield

GoodSayingPrettyThingsBetween

The Wodehouse language is so rich and detailed and hilarious.

John Lithgow

RichLanguageHilariousDetailed

There was always an unspoken generosity about my mom.

Matt Lauer

GenerosityMomAlwaysAboutUnspoken

I wish I were more disciplined.

Jeff Bridges

WishMoreI WishWereDisciplined

You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.

John Sebastian

RememberYouNowSoloSuccessful

It's almost impossible to totally eliminate terrible content in a huge open network.

Steven Levy

ImpossibleOpenContentTerrible

American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me.

Siri Hustvedt

CultureMeIdeasShoppingAmerican

I didn't get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

Simone Biles

OpportunitySchoolHigh SchoolHigh

The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.

Tony Romo

GameYearFirstAlwaysAdjustment

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off.

Robert Benchley

MenThinkSuitsBackFindWhite

Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.

Matt Apuzzo

GoodNewnessRegardlessReporting

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