Edward Hirsch Quotes

Poetry itself hasn't been well served by poets who fled to the margins.

Edward Hirsch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PoetryWellBeenWhoPoetsMargins

I did magic at children's parties when I was a kid.

Joe Cornish

ChildrenMagicKidDidParties

One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.

Jerome Bruner

ChildWorldMoreKnowingDeeper

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

John Clayton

PositiveBeautyPeopleChristianSee

The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.

Anat Cohen

MeMoreClarinetThanChose

Make sure you are safe, and never ever put yourself in a compromising situation, but once that is checked off the list, I think it's really important for us to remember that someone needs us, and that your act of giving/helping/doing can truly become an act of grace once you get out of your head.

Meghan Markle

YourselfGraceThinkSomeoneYou

I can barely remember what I was like 36 years ago when I was 21 years old.

John McEnroe

RememberI CanOldYearsLike

I want the undisputed career. I want the best damn career. I want to be the best guy ever to do this.

Max Holloway

BestCareerWantDamnGuyEver

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

John W. Gardner

RespectGovernmentFeelResponsible

Women in finance bore the brunt of layoffs more than their male counterparts during the Great Recession in 2008 and were also more likely to have been in back office jobs that were replaced by computers.

Mary Pilon

WomenGreatFinanceComputersBack

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

ThinkThoughtAfricaPresidentMuch

I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.

Jason Calacanis

I AmTryingCareerWonderModelAm

I don't know if I'd want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it's exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn't come through a doorway off of a stairwell.

Dennis Quaid

RomanticServiceJobKnowMovies

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