James Broughton Quotes

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

James Broughton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 10, 1913 - May 17, 1999

Topics

PoetryWorldRealUniversityPoets

I'm pretty much a comic that dwells on what happened to me instead of what's happening to me.

Jermaine Fowler

MePrettyHappenedHappeningMuch

Men are both bad and awful. And women are both bad and awful. And they can both be good and wonderful on both sides.

Andrew Haigh

GoodWomenMenBadSidesBoth Sides

I always tried to be the perfect little girl. Always tried to have the perfect little manners. Never wanted to displease my parents.

Ann-Margret

GirlParentsPerfectMannersNever

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

When you're really young, dating girls, and trying to explain Kiss, they just look at you like you're kind of crazy. I think they got so big in the Seventies and were such a phenomenon - they did the 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park' movie, the solo records - some people only know the merchandising stuff.

Mike McCready

DatingKissPeopleCrazyThinkLook

I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.

Miriam Margolyes

TalentI AmDoingActingAnything

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

Judy Blume

PeopleMeLovedGrowKnowBecome

The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a devalued term, and it's making us lose our capacity for empathy and for distinguishing between serious and unserious transgressions.

Jon Ronson

EmpathyFreeChooseLoseSeriousUs

Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.

Deepika Padukone

AgeParentsMeYoungActorOld

The way I see it, a clever cat prowls but calls home occasionally.

Bobbie Ann Mason

HomeWayCleverSeeI SeeCat

Coming home to a tidy, pulled-together space will help everything in your life feel the same way.

Bobby Berk

LifeHomeSpaceFeelHelpWay

I learned long ago not to tear into anyone for a mistake.

Ara Parseghian

MistakeLongLearnedTearAnyone

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