How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.
Date of birth: 1899-11-19
Date of death: 1979-02-09
Quotes number: 26
Nationality: American
Profession: Poet
I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ.
Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'
Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.
If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see.
Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.