Wallace Stevens Quotes

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

Wallace Stevens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 2, 1879 - August 2, 1955

Topics

LifeLiteratureMoreTerribleGrows

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Anatole France

WisdomReflectionJoyIronyGaiety

I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy.

John McLaughlin

MusicHappyDownWriteSitWho

There are plenty of organisations making a real difference to the lives of gay people around the country that do need our help, so why undermine the wonder of 'Strictly' by politicising it?

Robert Rinder

PeopleHelpGayWonderCountryWhy

I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.

John Irving

WordsEndingKnowMeanBeginOnly

I'd love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdom's a neighbour; I salute him occasionally.

John Rhys-Davies

LoveWisdomTimeManDownMore

I believe love is the most powerful energy we have in this life. Everything is about love.

Juanes

LifeLoveLove IsBelieveEnergy

I like to take all my feelings and thoughts and put them down in different ways on paper.

Judith Viorst

ThoughtsFeelingsDownPaperTake

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

Don Lemon

FreedomDiversityOpinionYouTrue

I am very fired up to run in New York.

Dayron Robles

I AmNew YorkNewRunUpFired

The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.

Clayton M. Christensen

FailureBusinessWaterSmartPeople

I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.

Brandon Victor Dixon

LearnBackGoDoneNeedAgain

You're not going to get every part, so you can't base your sense of self-worth around whether or not you actually land the job.

Autumn Reeser

JobYouSelf-WorthLandGoingGet

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