Edward Hirsch Quotes

Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryPeopleInspireFeelOthers

I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll.

John C. Reilly

MusicListeningAmericanDoingHouse

Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something.

Amy Clampitt

WomenPoetryMadWriteSomething

I've always been really curious about the limits of human capability.

Tommy Caldwell

CuriousLimitsHumanAlwaysBeen

I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.

Rob Liefeld

OutFanBatmanWhichCameKeaton

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

Moliere

RoadErrorHasteDirectUnreasonable

Music from my fourth year began to be the first of my youthful occupations. Thus early acquainted with the gracious muse who tuned my soul to pure harmonies, I became fond of her, and, as it often seemed to me, she of me.

Ludwig van Beethoven

MusicSoulMeMy SoulYearEarly

Uber is a better company with better math, better predictive supply, better brand, lower pickup times, higher quality of service. They'll absolutely win.

Chris Sacca

ServiceQualityWinBrandBetter

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

Chuck Jones

WorkGoodThinkingDrawingDown

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

Brad Thor

LiveFreedomEqualityPeopleAmerica

And as you point out, for American families who struggle every day to figure out how do they pay, we talk about gasoline prices. That throws budgets into a real problem when you have budgeted really tight.

Allyson Schwartz

DayStruggleAmericanProblemYou

The touring comic is a lonely soul, sometimes dabbling into conversation with a colleague in the green room, but on the whole, we just stand around and try to cope with the random diversity that comes with the 'job.'

Rhys Darby

JobSoulDiversityGreenRandomTry

I am not against marriage. I lived with someone for 11 years. But we weren't in love, and I thought that was quite important.

Lynne Truss

LoveMarriageI AmThoughtSomeone

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