Thom Gunn Quotes

As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.

Thom Gunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 29, 1929 - April 25, 2004

Topics

ArtThinkLookTreasureKindThings

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

Angus Young

SchoolI AmMeStageSuitOpposite

I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.

Andy Weir

ManI AmBraveRightCutAbove

My dad gave me life twice. I thank him by using the strong body I now have.

Amy Purdy

LifeMeStrongBodyNowHim

I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateboarding. So I put down the skateboard and just kept going with the camera.

Steve-O

GreatMeCameraDownSkateboarding

The word 'midget' is a slur. It evolved from P. T. Barnum's era of circuses and freak shows. Society has evolved. So should our vocabulary. Language is a powerful tool. It does not just name our society. It shapes it.

Sinead Burke

SocietyNameLanguagePowerfulFreak

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I was a speechwriter on 'The West Wing,' so I like that kind of thing. But I never really thought I'd write a book.

Rob Lowe

BookThoughtKindNeverMeanWrite

I don't want to always be the tortured, soulful wife.

Robin Wright

WifeWantAlwaysTorturedSoulful

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert Torricelli

LifeDayMy LifeUnitedSenateMost

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is chock full of fabulous people who 'do good while doing well.'

Ron Gutman

GoodPeopleDoingFabulousEveryone

'Comfort Me with Apples' is a love story, or better, two love stories. And since it deals with a later period in my life, most of the people who appear in it are living.

Ruth Reichl

LifeLovePeopleMeStoryBetter

No day is alike - I do many other things, and I'm very active in the environmental movement.

Jostein Gaarder

DayEnvironmentalActiveMovement

I've played in bands myself, and sat on the floor photographing some of the greatest bands in the world while they rehearse. What's always struck me is how different the sensory, especially auditory, experience is when you're in the middle of the music with the musicians playing off each other around you.

Chris Milk

MusicMyselfExperienceMeWorld

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