A. R. Ammons Quotes

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

A. R. Ammons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1926 - February 25, 2001

Topics

PastManPurposeYouGoReason

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

Joanna Baillie

PrideBetterVanityPamperedThan

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.

Jet Li

AmazingStrongFamousPhilosophyHe

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Robert Redford

EnvironmentalThinkSecurityDefend

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

Robert Redford

RespondSomethingAmbiguityLike

When you're the artsy, weirdo, introverted outsider growing up, you don't fit into your community.

Stephen Karam

CommunityGrowing UpYouGrowingUp

The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him.

Sugar Ray Leonard

TimeYouStopMoreHimGuy

The gym can serve as an excellent place where kids and young men and women can really empty their issues right on the floor.

Djimon Hounsou

WomenMenGymPlaceYoungRight

The Industrial Revolution caused a centuries-long shift in power to the West; globalization is now shifting the balance again.

Dennis C. Blair

PowerBalanceRevolutionNowWest

I never loved the world around me as it was.

Christian Lacroix

MeWorldLovedNeverAround

Many Virginia Republicans would rather work with Democrats to assist the Kaine-Clinton-McAuliffe agenda than work with a conservative like me to block Obamacare's failed legacy in Virginia.

Corey Stewart

WorkMeLegacyConservativeWould

I think that's one thing about the entertainment industry: Athletes want to be actors, and musicians want to be actors, so it all kind of mixes nice together.

Clay Matthews III

TogetherThinkMusiciansNiceKind

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.

Clint Eastwood

HollywoodAlwaysPlagiarismThing

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