![If poetry were nothing but texture, [Dylan] Thomas would be as good as any poet alive. The what of his poems is hardly essential to their success, and the best and most brilliantly written pieces usually say less than the worst.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-poetry-were-nothing-but-texture-dylan-thomas-would-be-as-good-as-any-poet-a.jpg)
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would-be should ifs
If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Charles Spurgeon
would-be world influence
The Americans have a very active presence and policy in every single part of the world and if we broke with them, we would lose any possibility of influencing them. They would go in for global unilateralism, and the world would be a more dangerous place. Denis Healey
would-be judgment
My politics would be, must be, have to be, completely separate from my judgment. Elena Kagan
would-be population ministers
You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified Edward Heath
would-be shooting veto
Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back. Dominique de Villepin
would-be way different
I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked at one way and it was an entirely different situation. Edward Zwick
would-be finals process
I hoped there would be a better process. But it is final -- I will not participate . Abdullah Abdullah
would-be world slavery
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Abraham Lincoln
would-be belief affair
If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.
pieces puzzle
I don't think any one of these is the solution. It's going to be a combination of them all. This is just a big puzzle and we need to put all the pieces together. Jill Buford
pieces melody
The melody is generally what the piece is all about. Aaron Copland
pieces provisions send soon
Our clothes are going to pieces fast. Send provisions as soon as possible. William John Wills
pieces
We have the pieces to the puzzle. We have a lot of weapons. Jamey Wright
pieces inspired audience
If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience. Alexander Wang
pieces film periods
Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces. Cary Elwes
pieces advantage existence
Nothing is pure and entire of a piece. All advantages are attended with disadvantages. A universal compensation prevails in all conditions of being and existence. David Hume
pieces finest sells
I don't like to sell my finest pieces. Beatrice Wood
pieces silent refuse
to that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent. Audre Lorde
texture
I love playing with words and texture. Binyavanga Wainaina
texture sound elements
What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds. Bill Laswell
texture moral reason
I'm quite squeamish, really. I'm philistine and unsophisticated - not because of my great discerning palate but other reasons. Some are moral grounds, some texture. Ricky Gervais
texture moments intensity
The best poem is that whose worked-upon unmagical passages come closest, in texture and intensity, to those moments of magical accident. Dylan Thomas
texture mortar processors
Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast. Mario Batali
texture painting novel
Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. Joan Didion
texture
The texture of experience is prior to everything else. Willem de Kooning
texture belief logic
Implication is thus the very texture of our web of belief, and logic is the theory that traces it. Willard Van Orman Quine