Thom Gunn Quotes

We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even read Keats's book when he gave him a copy.

Thom Gunn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BookGenerationCopyHimUniversity

I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me.

Joey Lauren Adams

FriendBestMeBest FriendThink

I am an artist first and a photographer second.

Andres Serrano

I AmArtistPhotographerFirstAm

I want to be on the Billboard Hot 100 with a single that has Korean lyrics.

Suga

WantHotSingleLyricsKorean

Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it.

Steven Levy

TechnologyGovernmentWayPresident

Shoot, man, I loved being a damn heel. Something about that, just going out there and being the most despicable person you could ever be, was a real turn-on for me. And I grew up a real shy kid in south Texas, and it was something for me to lean on and have fun with.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

ManFunMeHave FunTexasLoved

It's okay to talk about mental health issues. It's okay to admit that you have anxiety. It doesn't take away from your power. It's totally normal.

Torrey DeVitto

PowerHealthAnxietyMental Health

If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important.

Tony Romo

GreatWifeThinkSomeoneYouGet

Being on a film set, you are always around such fantastic people. And I feel like I've been lucky. I feel like I've worked with the best of the best.

Tom Holland

BestPeopleFeelYouLuckyAlways

Horseradish is one of those perk-me-ups. You can use it in a cocktail sauce, you can bread fish with it - it loses its punch when cooked. It's a 'What is that?' flavor. It adds depth of flavor to things.

Tom Douglas

FishYouBreadCocktailSauceDepth

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.

Diane Wakoski

PoetryThinkAmericanPoliticalOut

The idea that there is a difference between East and West is nonsense. You both hand over your card with two hands. If someone were to give me a million pounds, I couldn't care if they handed it to me within their toes.

David Tang

MeCareSomeoneHandsYouHand

When you're talking about villainy, then you're automatically circling around to talk about justice.

Christopher Priest

JusticeTalkingYouTalkAround

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