Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WordsPlantsTreesYouStoneEvents

There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

Jerry Rice

BestFootballMeEnjoyGoWatching

My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.

Andrea Barber

CharacterYellowFeetClothesPurple

I find Lady Gaga hilarious. And I kind of like her. My heart's warmed to her.

John Lydon

HeartLadyFindKindHerLike

It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach.

Robert Stack

GreatTogetherReachYouTelevision

My three children have brought me great joy.

Stephen Hawking

ChildrenGreatJoyMeThreeBrought

Black people dance well because we start early - there's music being played everywhere. White people? They don't start dancing until they get to college, and by then, it's too late; the bottom don't move with the top no matter how hard they try.

Tracy Morgan

MusicDancePeopleCollegeStart

I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on the way down.

Robin Wasserman

WritingBuildingDownWayWithout

I believe I am strengthening the Constitution with my case.

Michael Newdow

I AmBelieveConstitutionI Believe

Romance novels have the power to bring love into the lives of readers. Through the characters, we get to fall in love every time we pick up a romance novel. What could be better than that?

Lori Wilde

LovePowerTimeBetterFallRomance

I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music.

Jon Pardi

LoveMusicFeelEnjoyCountryWant

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

Chris Patten

GoodBusinessTruthGreatYouRight

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

Peter Stuyvesant

SucceedSmallLossRightLegAttack

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