Edward Hirsch Quotes

The commitment to working at poetry is important because a poet is a maker, and a poem is a made thing. We have to honor our feelings by working to transform them into something meaningful and lasting.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1950

Topics

CommitmentPoetryHonorFeelings

Liberty is security. Freedom is security.

Jesse Ventura

FreedomSecurityLiberty

Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct.

Robert Smith

FamilyLiveSeaTimeWifeMe

The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.

John Romero

LifeMeGameThinkThoughtDriving

I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want.

Sia

StarsWritingWantYearsSeeBeen

I've seen my own blood and broken a few bones. I've been hit, which isn't an entirely bad thing, as at least you have a glimpse of the suffering endured by the people you are photographing. And in a sense, crumbling empires and war have been with me all my life.

Don McCullin

LifeBrokenWarPeopleSufferingMe

Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.

Johnny Mathis

MusicBestPastI AmPeopleWorld

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

Dick Durbin

DeathPurposeEffortYouKnowTalk

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.

Dawn French

MotherPeopleEdgeYoungWantNeed

Most bacteria aren't bad. We breathe and eat and ingest gobs of bacteria every single moment of our lives. Our food is covered in bacteria. And you're breathing in bacteria all the time, and you mostly don't get sick.

Bonnie Bassler

TimeFoodMomentSickYouBad

The doctors have given me a green light. They have said that my heart is significantly more efficient today than it was four months ago. And I am anxious to be the next president of the United States.

Bob Graham

TodayHeartLightI AmMeGreen

I've started to get more stage fright the older I get.

Ari Graynor

MoreStageStage FrightStartedGet

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

Thomas Jefferson

TruthKnowledgeMindNothingWhose

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