A. E. Housman Quotes

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

A. E. Housman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936

Topics

PoetryUnderstandingMeaningPerfect

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

Stephen Baldwin

LifeDayGiftLearnYouKnow

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

Michelle Obama

GoalsYourselfI AmNegativeEnergy

I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.

Michael Palin

TravelMeResultYouGroupLucky

There are only three million people in Uruguay, but there is such hunger for glory: you'll do anything to make it; you have that extra desire to run, to suffer. I can't explain our success, but I think that's a reason.

Luis Suarez

SuccessPeopleThinkYouGloryRun

Rocker dudes don't have a lot of swagger.

Demi Lovato

SwaggerLotDudesRocker

I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.

Chen Guangcheng

MeDoingConscienceJust

John McEnroe is the most honest and real person I have ever interviewed.

Brian Kilmeade

PersonRealHonestMostReal Person

They were the books to read, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' A rite of passage going through life.

Sylvester McCoy

LifeThroughLordRingsGoingBooks

I am very ambitious.

Shelly Burch

I AmAmbitiousVeryAm

Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a pleasure or a real profit to him who has to labour for it. Truth - you die in the pursuit, and the sea beats the beach as it did a thousand years ago. The stolid are alone happy.

Richard Jefferies

BeautyTruthSeaAloneBeachHappy

We need a modern people's lobby that empowers all of us to choose our leaders and set our agenda. Imagine voting for a president we're truly excited about. Imagine a government that promotes capitalism and civil rights.

Mark Pincus

GovernmentPeopleCapitalismVoting

I never rebelled against my parents - I worked hard, I was responsible, and I didn't go to high-school parties.

Lindsay Lohan

ParentsGoNeverResponsibleHard

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