Ian Hamilton Finlay Quotes

But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfI AmMeOpinionYouArtist

We have to change the culture of mass violence we have.

Joe Manchin

ChangeCultureViolenceMass

My parents came from Calcutta. They arrived in Cambridge, much like the parents in my novel. And I found myself sort of caught between the world of my parents and the world they had left behind and still clung to, and also the world that surrounded me at school and everywhere else, as soon as I set foot out the door.

Jhumpa Lahiri

MyselfSchoolParentsMeDoorWorld

I've learned you don't always listen to your agents and managers. Sometimes they know nothing.

Joan Rivers

YouKnowSometimesNothingListen

While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.

Jerry B. Jenkins

StarsSportsMeWritingBookDoors

It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples.

John Eaton

SchoolMeImportantFoundDisciples

Call me All-American, but I love Ham and Cheese sandwiches. And not just any old ham and cheese sandwich... My mother's is the best. I've tried many times to make these sandwiches on my own, but it's never the same.

Andy Roddick

LoveMotherBestMeCheeseMy Own

I don't understand anyone thinking I'm sexy at all. I don't get it because, growing up as a kid, I wasn't. I was like a dork, fat, so for me it's really weird. I became famous in Australia when I was 18, and I was still a little bit chubby.

Sophie Monk

MeGrowing UpThinkingSexyFat

We're not just fighters, we're entertainers.

Rose Namajunas

JustEntertainersFighters

Because of athletics, I got real comfortable with risk at a young age.

Molly Bloom

AgeYoungComfortableRiskRealGot

How can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you're not a feminist, then you're a problem.

Jon Krakauer

BrainProblemYouHeadYourHow

After a really hectic week, I hate going out on a Friday evening, so I'll always opt for a night at home.

Donna Air

HomeHateNightEveningFridayWeek

Like millions of parents, I chose to send my children to a religious school that shares my belief system, which is central to my life. I objected to changes in the school that, in my opinion, did not reflect that belief system.

Delilah

LifeChildrenSchoolParentsOpinion

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