William Butler Yeats Quotes

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.

William Butler Yeats

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

Topics

SoulManDressHandsCoatStick

It's hard for me to think about this, but I first went to Southeast Asia as a Marine more than 40 years ago, as a young Marine. I was on Okinawa and then in Vietnam. I've returned in many different hats, which I think has helped me to form my own views about policy out there. I've spent a good bit of time in this region as a journalist.

Jim Webb

GoodTimeMeThinkHatsYoung

I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.

Joaquin Phoenix

RiverMeSisterWeirdDoingActing

The universe bursts into existence from life, not the other way around as we have been taught. For each life there is a universe, its own universe. We generate spheres of reality, individual bubbles of existence. Our planet is comprised of billions of spheres of reality, generated by each individual human and perhaps even by each animal.

Robert Lanza

LifeAnimalRealityUniverseWay

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

Jeff Goldblum

BestSunEclipseStare

Our world was Northern, black and white, so it was a great thing for my sisters and me to sit down at Christmastime and watch these fabulous MGM musicals. All that color, all those beautiful costumes.

Tracie Bennett

Black And WhiteBeautifulGreatWorld

The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

Michael O'Keefe

CoolDoingPlayOverInterpretation

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

Michael Schumacher

FootballEnjoyNeedConcentration

I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.

Diane Kruger

BeautyWomenCurseWhoThinksThose

I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.

Colson Whitehead

NatureAgeSportsBestMeSmall

Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social.

Clay Shirky

LifeRelativesSocialSocial Life

I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

Susannah York

MeHardReignTemperBecause

The Turkish government will never tolerate the creation of a Kurdish state.

Peter Bergen

GovernmentCreationWillNeverState

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