Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes

No, I don't make my work in order to challenge or confuse other people's expectations - I only do what I find natural.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: October 28, 1925 - March 27, 2006

Topics

WorkChallengePeopleExpectations

Our intent with Led Zeppelin was not to get caught up in the singles' market, but to make albums where you could really flex your muscles - your musical intellect, if you like - and challenge yourself.

Jimmy Page

ChallengeYourselfYouUpIntellect

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

Joe Torre

LoserWinnerYouPlaceNiceMean

I'm a recovering jersey wearer who can't bear to get rid of the blaze-orange Knicks warmup top that makes me look like James Carville on a highway repair crew.

Steve Rushin

MeLookRepairBearTopHighway

With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the quality of our infrastructure.

Dennis Hastert

QualityMoving OnMovingBelieve

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

Chris Matthews

GovernmentOperationsOpposition

I read the 'New Yorker' when I was a kid. I used to love the cartoons and pick the cartoons out of the library, so I felt I knew the world of their cartoons.

Bruce Eric Kaplan

LoveWorldLibraryNewKidOut

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm.

Annie Leibovitz

EnvironmentalYouChoiceLensMore

But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.

Shelby Foote

GoodCharacterExperienceQuality

When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can win.'

Tulsi Gabbard

FuturePeopleWinYouSaidWay

It's not in the interest of most mapping companies to make those changes as they occur, but if you give the power to local people, you can be sure that you're always getting the best information from the folks that actually drive those roads every day.

Noam Bardin

PowerBestRoadsDayPeopleDrive

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

BeginLittleMatrimonyTisAversion

The media was completely influential in the rise and fall of Bonnie and Clyde.

Holliday Grainger

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