W. S. Merwin Quotes

Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.

W. S. Merwin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 30, 1927

Topics

PoetryEndYouWrongLostOne Word

I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

Jenny Holzer

I AmFreeI CanBecauseAnytimeAm

I've always been sort of influenced by my male relationships and that period of my life when you start to cringe and be like, 'I can't believe I wore this or that.'

Max Winkler

LifeStartBelieveMy LifeYouBeen

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

Socrates

LifeGoodDeathManEvilGood Man

My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano or horse riding.

Sofia Vassilieva

New ThingsParentsMeHorseTrying

Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college.

Treat Williams

CollegeSillyAccomplishWantKids

Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.

Tom Udall

ManNowChargeGlobe

I come to urge my party to be open to debate and discussion; to move away from a lock-step litmus test which advocates abortion on demand in an effort to reach a broader national consensus.

Robert Casey

EffortReachAbortionDebateParty

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

Michael Landon

NowHardBoneWearyFought

I won't try and combine training and a family.

Lizzie Armitstead

FamilyTrainingTryCombine

I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.

Julia Michaels

WomenThinkLookWeakAfraidMakes

I realized that I loved using computers to create something, but being an architect just wasn't going to keep me interested. The idea of a life spent obsessing over bathroom details for an Upper East Side penthouse was pretty depressing.

Joseph Kosinski

LifeMeComputersLovedDetails

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

Clyde Tombaugh

LifeWorkSciencePersonHealthy

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