Quotes about british
british cursing love sound vulgarity
I love British cursing - the cadence of it, the joy in the sound of the words, and the vulgarity of it. Christopher Moore
british-actor climb light mountain pack preparing
When preparing to climb a mountain - pack a light heart.
british-author caught heart heat measure shall tangled violence
Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body? Virginia Woolf
british-statesman mother silence
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth. Benjamin Disraeli
british-musician picked
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. Jim Capaldi
british-actor nobody poetry
But nobody can write poetry all the time. Peter Davison
british-actor coming constantly daunting dealing editor poetry reason simply terms understanding
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.
british-actor produce programs terrible uniformity
The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product.
british-actor poetry ways
It is a way we reassess our past. We can do that in poetry in ways we can't do in prose.
british-actor forward found inspired pushed quite youth
In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.
british-actor culture past rise version
I just think that some version of the past in our culture is going to rise up and become dominant.
british-actor matters poetry
But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me.
british-actor individual people reading
And there are a lot more people reading poetry, but there are not so many people reading an individual poet.
british-actor poetry
There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.
british-actor poet poets
If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.
british-actor poems proud reason whether written
I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that.
british-actor poems present receive seem three written
For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative.
british-actor contact difficult emotions people
It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.
british-actor poems reason writes
The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.
british-actor device enable invented people poetry remember
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.
british-actor ease
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me. Michael Gambon
british-statesman character greater sure
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
british-statesman critical critics-and-criticism easier
It is easier to be critical than correct.
british-statesman opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
british-statesman life man opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
british-statesman critical easier
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
british-scientist
I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. Jean-Michel Basquiat
british-dramatist design dull noted
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it. Richard Steele
british-dramatist mind
Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.
british-scientist
Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece. Mary Leakey
british-scientist continues glance intensely left threat transcends turns
She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time.
british-scientist dug liked
I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found.
british england separated states taxing united using
You know, the taxing authority of the United States is our most powerful weapon. You know, the reason we separated from England was because the British were using it abusively. Judd Gregg