e. e. cummings Quotes

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.

e. e. cummings

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962

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MatterLittleThingsPoetWhomMade

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

Jimmy Carter

GodPeopleBlessedBelieveRich

It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?

Jens Martin Skibsted

ServicePeopleWorldBelievePrice

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Max Baucus

GrowthJobPlanCreationSides

This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning.

John T. Flynn

PlanningMaskAmericanDangerousWho

Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.

Tommy Mottola

SayingYouActingPersonTeach

The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. All eyes are fixed on people like Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey who have defied the odds and achieved great power, wealth, and fame.

Michelle Alexander

PowerEyesGreatProgressPeople

If I was going to direct an episode of 'Younger', I wanted it to look like an episode of 'Younger.'

Miriam Shor

LookGoingLikeYoungerDirect

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

Donal Henahan

MusicBrainListeningResultHuman

We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't.

Diana Rigg

TodayMoneyTalentKnowYoungNow

There is that idea of seeming crazy when you're seeing spirits or you're seeing dead people, you know what I mean? There's a certain sort of stigma, a sort of kookiness, when it comes to that.

Deborah Mailman

PeopleCrazyYouSeeingKnowMean

I'm not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago.

Chris Hemsworth

AloneWeekThreeWatchingYearsDid

I never do anything by chance.

Brigitte Bardot

ChanceNeverAnything

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