Eavan Boland Quotes

I still believe many poets begin in fear and hope: fear that the poetic past will turn out to be a monologue rather than a conversation. And hope that their voice can be heard as that past turns into a future.

Eavan Boland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: September 24, 1944

Topics

FearFutureHopePastBelieveVoice

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

John D. Rockefeller

GivingWayInvestingSameJust

Most of 'All Hail West Texas' was written during orientation at a new job I had. I had basically worked this job before, I knew this stuff, so I was writing lyrics in the margins of all the Xeroxed material.

John Darnielle

JobWritingTexasNewNew JobWest

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

Andrew Zimmern

GoodHomeFoodFunSomeoneTell

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

John Locke

InjusticePropertyWhere

I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.

Matt Lauer

PeopleMeMoreAlwaysAskingThan

With 'Greek Gods,' I wanted to go with the blue and green hues of sky and water; with 'Heroes,' I felt the color needed to be more dramatic and give a sense of battle, rage, and yes, of blood. That's the world these demigods lived in, and I felt that orange and red would also compliment the greenish blue of the 'Gods' cover.

John Rocco

WaterSkyRedBlueGreenWorld

Even if the technology advances, I don't expect we will be allowed to sail around with 400-meter long container ships weighing 200,000 tonnes without any human beings on board. I don't think it will be a driver of efficiency - not in my time.

Soren Skou

TechnologyTimeSailThinkLong

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

Spike Milligan

YouGoingComeUseQuietly

Every child should try everything: sport, music, art, mathematics; they can do it all. Copying and competition are now seen as twin evils, but they are both useful tools.

Tony Buzan

MusicArtMathematicsCompetition

Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.

Robbie Coltrane

PowerChildrenParentingMeBelieve

I'm not a funny person.

Johnny Flynn

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Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed countries.

Chris Patten

MomentHappensCauseMajorCO2

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