Irving Layton
Irving Layton
Irving Peter Layton, OCwas a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following, but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography, Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life:...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth12 March 1912
CountryCanada
Irving Layton quotes about
longer mankind since
Since I no longer expect/ anything from mankind except/ madness,/ meanness, and mendacity;/ egotism,/ cowardice,/ and/ self-delusion,/ I have stopped/ being a/ misanthrope.
marriage progress time
Progress of a marriage: ''There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.''
last pierre produced worthy
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination.
wants
My neighbour/ doesn't want to be loved/ as much as/ he wants to be envied.
self-esteem halos conscience
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.
soul deposits greater
We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love
genius wordsworth written
I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats
looks canada united-states
Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell
want neighbor envied
My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
unhappy progress make-me-happy
Progress of a marriage: There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.
misanthrope
I have stopped being a misanthrope.
flames stoves minutes
Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live.
cynic idealist ideals
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
asking
A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?