I suppose there's something to be said for the sheer reinforcement of our beliefs, but really I think … - Robert Hass

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

Robert Hass

I suppose there's something to be said for the sheer reinforcement of our beliefs, but really I think poetry is more useful as disenchantment than enchantment.

Disenchantment, Enchantment, Poetry, Reinforcement, Think, Thinking

Same Author Quotes

It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.

Writing, Poetry, Hell, Written, Having, State

Take the time to write. You can do your life's work in half an hour a day.

Day, Half, Hours, Time, Write, Writing

Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances.

Distance, Desire, Longing, Say, Distances

Do poets have any insight into what's the right ratio? I doubt it, but I think that they can be awake to what the ends are.

Doubt, Poets, Ratio, Ratios, Think, Thinking

The birds are silent in the woods.
Just wait: soon enough
You will be quiet too

Bird, Birds, Quiet, Soon Enough, Wait, Waiting

Similar Quotes

David LaChapelle

I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.

Cameras, Day, Handled, Kids, Painting, Photography

Mike Easley

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.

Carolina, Education, North Carolina, Priorities, Priority, Two

Pamela Anderson

I always think back to my childhood and I have a distinct memory of me not having any idea who I wanted to be. The funny thing is that I feel the same way now. So much time has passed and I haven't a definitive sense of self.

Childhood, Idea, Memories, Memory, Self, Thinking

Jules Verne

. . . . oysters are the only food that never causes indigestion. Indeed, a man would have to eat sixteen dozen of these acephalous molluscs in order to gain the 315 grammes of nitrogen he requires daily.

Dozen, Man, Men, Nitrogen, Order, Oysters

Kage Baker

I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

Coats, Conscience, Cutting, Fashion, Follow