W. H. Auden Quotes

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.

W. H. Auden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BelieveNeverHimDoubleMayMust

As a quarterback, you have to love it. As much as you like to turn around and hand the ball off - the whole traditional football game - as a quarterback, you gotta love putting it in the air.

Joe Montana

LoveFootballGameYouHandTurn

Don't break a leg, anyone. Do not break a leg. It's really boring.

Tom Hopper

BoringBreakLegReallyAnyone

I think God has some mechanism that he uses to punish those that make mistakes.

Mikhail Gorbachev

GodMistakesThinkHeI ThinkSome

When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers' workshop MFA program at the University of Iowa. I didn't. I got a master's in journalism.

Chelsea Cain

SchoolPeopleCityJournalismSay

I think any time someone's dreams are crushed, there's the people who can fight to still try and fulfill those dreams and then there's the people who just give up.

Constance Zimmer

DreamsTimeFightPeopleThinkTry

I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad.

Clint Eastwood

FallBadPicturesNiceAlwaysWhere

The best scientific evidence suggests temperatures are rising, and the best scientific evidence suggests man-made anthropogenic carbon emissions have some substantial thing to do with that. However, does that mean the trend will continue forever? We don't know.

Bret Stephens

BestKnowWillMeanRisingEvidence

When we say there's a dearth of women directors, it's not that there's a lack of women who direct: it's a lack of opportunities and access for women to direct and be supported in that.

Ava DuVernay

WomenOpportunitiesSayWhoDirect

In a sense, the god we trust politically is a slightly different god than the one we bring into the fray when we enter a rock concert. One of the things I can say with absolute conviction is that I worship that god.

Pete Townshend

GodTrustI CanSayRockWorship

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

Scott Adams

LifeWorkBestFreeRestLike

Just make games for yourself and try to have a critical eye to what you do. If you genuinely like the game, there will be other people who like it as well.

Markus Persson

YourselfPeopleEyeGameYouTry

I play a bad boy on television, but in real life I have a passion for nature and nature conservancy, specifically bird rehabilitation.

Mark Salling

LifeNaturePassionBirdBadPlay

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