Eileen Myles Quotes

Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs about us. Later, stories about us.

Eileen Myles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 9, 1949

Topics

LoveThinkLiteratureCaveUsSongs

The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.

Joel Edgerton

FutureMeFeetNowLandAlways

I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.

Jenny Eclair

PlanAttentionNeedAlwaysComic

Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions.

Andy Dunn

PassionPurposeDecisionsData

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton

OvercomeForceHalfWhoHisFoe

The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

Robert Lepage

FunYouKnowImportantOpenGoing

Now that I'm a mom, I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house, don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.

Angela Kinsey

MomYouFurnitureLookBackHouse

We have a saying in my house, my kids and my girlfriend. We say, 'Be your best for the greater good, and rock out wherever you are.'

Michael Franti

GoodBestSayingYouHouseRock

If you build a career on being a beautiful young woman, that's going to be a short career. I have to establish I can act. I don't want to have to visit the plastic surgeon every two years.

Amanda Donohoe

BeautifulWomanShortYouCareer

I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one of them.

Stephen Hough

PeopleThinkGeniusGiveWouldFew

My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not about just designing a bunch of organic jumpers. I have a balance within the brand. If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.

Stella McCartney

BeautifulDayJobBalancePeople

Women are not stupid, but they were not clever enough to realise that feminism did not bring freedom, but the opposite. That's why I'm glad feminism is dead.

Michel Houellebecq

WomenFreedomStupidEnoughWhy

This is not a matter of weapons. We are hopeful for God's help. The real matter is the extinction of America. And, God willing, it will fall to the ground.

Mohammed Omar

GodAmericaHelpFallWillMatter

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