Edward Dahlberg Quotes

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.

Edward Dahlberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1900 - February 27, 1977

Topics

NatureBadPoetMimicking

Elliott Carter does not write the kind of music that the kids go off to school whistling.

Andre Previn

MusicSchoolGoKindWriteKids

I state facts all the time.

Max Holloway

TimeFactsState

You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education.

Jeff Foxworthy

EducationTruckYouRedneckMore

I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.

Michael J. Fox

OpportunitiesPossibilitiesLookAny

I work virtually every waking hour.

Alvin Toffler

WorkHourEveryWakingVirtually

The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best.

Sia

LifeTruthBestJobPeopleTruth Is

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.

Tommy Cooper

PoliceEatingYesterdayFireworks

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Rita Mae Brown

LifeFightSlaveryActionReaction

We made drawings the size of a whole quarter of a room ceiling, which we would then send on to the model makers. I did this every day for two years. Even now I can draw cartouches with my eyes closed.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

EyesDayEvery DayI CanNowSize

By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.

Dick Cavett

FatherTimePhoneLikeGradeFourth

Can you imagine peaking as a teen? I think if you peak in high school, there's a problem. That's what my sister always said: 'Don't worry, you'll peak later.'

Chelsea Handler

SchoolTeenSisterHigh SchoolThink

When we moved from 'Ice Age' to 'Ice Age 2,' we were really stuck; a story didn't just organically emerge. While I'm very proud of 'Ice Age 2,' from a storytelling sense, it's a very thin story.

Chris Meledandri

AgeProudStoryIceStorytelling

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