Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quotes

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1919

Topics

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I don't think people realize how much I love basketball. A lot of people think because of this idiotic comment I made that I love baseball and don't like basketball. Baseball came first because if you grew up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, that was the No. 1 thing. But if you have more than one kid, you love them both.

Jerry Reinsdorf

LoveBaseballPeopleBasketballYou

'Sesame Street' early on and then 'Little House on the Prairie' was a big deal in our house. I always identified with 'Little House' because they were wanderers, and there was something about being an immigrant.

John Cho

EarlyHouseStreetImmigrantAlways

I'd try to become known as a world expert on 'something,' to take a small niche you can define.

Robert Scoble

WorldSmallYouBecomeTryExpert

I think everyone around the world knows the tools are there in England's armoury to do well in a World Cup. The challenge is to go out there and prove it.

Steven Gerrard

ChallengeWorldThinkToolsGoOut

Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.

Sidney Blumenthal

GreatTimeProblemsLineOwnWho

I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent.

Michel Hazanavicius

Black-And-WhiteSilentTryAlways

Of course, you get exhausted. You want to pass out. I came close a couple of times. But you're filled with something, that feedback that comes from the audience.

Clarence Clemons

FeedbackYouWantAudienceOutGet

When you make documentaries or short films, you have to have eyes and ears in the back of your head and on the sides and all around you. I like that in my films.

Bruce Weber

EyesShortYouBackSidesHead

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Anthony Hopkins

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Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

BestFriendsEnjoyYouYour

Music was such an important part of everyone's life in the '60s and '70s, but everywhere you played, the music was dreadful.

Peter Hook

LifeMusicYouImportantEveryone

I have to say, I definitely picked a great guy. I picked a guy who's sweet, kind, and is a hardworking person. He's a great dad; he's a great husband.

Tiffani Thiessen

GreatSweetHusbandPersonSayKind

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