W. H. Auden Quotes

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

W. H. Auden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973

Topics

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Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.

John Cornyn

AmericaTaxWhyNeedIncome TaxPay

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

John Madden

FootballSimpleYouPhysicsGet

We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show no movement or desire to pass the torch.

John Mahoney

DesireOfficeMovementYearsTorch

I'm blessed, I can afford to send my children to private school.

Spike Lee

ChildrenSchoolBlessedI CanSend

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

Tony Blair

I CanGoWayGotOnlyReverse

I think poems belong as much in the news pages as the literary pages. A lot of people throw aside the literary pages! Whereas everybody looks at the news section.

Tony Harrison

PeopleThinkLooksNewsBelongMuch

What works most effectively for quelling disease outbreaks like Ebola is not quarantining huge populations. What works is focusing on and isolating the sick and those in direct contact with them as they are at highest risk of infection. This strategy worked with SARS, and it worked during the H1N1 flu pandemic.

Tom Frieden

SickStrategyRiskFluContactLike

Everybody in L.A. wants to be an actor. I just wish I could meet somebody who doesn't act or sing.

Miranda Cosgrove

WishMeetActorActSingJust

I do recognize and I feel very comfortable with people taking a good look at how I've lived my life, and obviously my faith is a big part of that.

Mitt Romney

LifeGoodFaithPeopleMy LifeLook

I took a film course in grade ten that made me want to direct, and I've always been making short films and home videos with my friends, so it's definitely something I wanna pursue as well.

Devon Bostick

HomeMeShortFriendsWantAlways

Only being able to watch is the hardest thing for any footballer.

Arjen Robben

WatchBeingFootballerHardestAble

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

William Hazlitt

TravelWorldRoadYouTraveledKnow

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