PoetryRobert Morgan The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new. – Robert Morgan Art Quotes Avantgarde Quotes Chevrolets Quotes Idea Quotes Poetry Quotes Suspicious Quotes The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times. If a poem is not memorable, there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.
AgeJohnny Ball Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime. – Johnny Ball
Kevin Hassett There is no tax policy that better describes how out of touch America’s liberals are with the rest of the country than the estate tax. According to the Left, government seizure of a large share of the wealth of an American taxpayer is a moral imperative that serves social justice. Most Americans disagree, big time. – Kevin Hassett
Calvin Coolidge Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you. – Calvin Coolidge
Jason Johnson I don’t care if you’re playing backyard football, having a dinner party or dropping off the kids at your Mom’s house, there have to be ground rules. Rules that everybody agrees upon about how we’re going to go about doing this thing that everyone involved believes is important and needs to be done. – Jason Johnson
Ernest Cline I’m incredibly nostalgic for the ’80s, because I think that’s when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear. – Ernest Cline
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