W. H. Auden Quotes

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.

W. H. Auden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfAmericaDoingBackI CanSee

When you doubt, abstain.

Ambrose Bierce

WisdomDoubtYouAbstain

I'm looking for a woman with the body of Kelly Brook and the mind of Stephen Fry.

Stephen Merchant

WomanMindLookingBodyBrookFry

I don't think everyone wants to be a CEO.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

ThinkEveryoneCEOWants

This is a sick business. It's so sad.

Sia

BusinessSadSick

I love to hit people. I love to.

Mike Tyson

LovePeopleHitI Love

Being a mother was too important to me to risk running out of time.

Monica Cruz

MotherTimeMeImportantRiskOut

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress.

Deborah Moggach

TeacherLandscapeWantedPublishing

I don't think I ever once heard Mum utter a religious or spiritual sentiment, a considerable feat considering that she was married for 57 years to one of the most prominent Catholics in the country.

Christopher Buckley

SpiritualThinkCountrySheYears

It's a privilege to do what I do for a living - to take people out of their miserable day, or to educate somebody, or make somebody laugh, or fall in love with an idea. How good is that? And I get paid to do it!

Anne-Marie Duff

LoveGoodDayPeopleLaughFall

You, I, we all encounter behaviors that we might say, I wouldn't do that. But she has a huge amount of contact with how people live. She sees more hospices and sink estates than most people.

Prince Andrew

LivePeopleYouSayMoreShe

Nobody is going to take my kids away from me and I will fight to the death for that.

Peter Andre

DeathFightMeNobodyWillGoing

Without resolving Kashmir dispute, lasting peace cannot be maintained in the region.

Shehbaz Sharif

PeaceWithoutCannotKashmirLasting

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