Skip to content

Paradox Quotes

the best quotes
Main navigation
  • Home
  • Quotes by Thinkers
    • Philosophers
    • Poets
    • Historians
    • Sociologists
  • Quotes by Doers
    • Leaders
    • Revolutionaries
    • Activists
    • Educators
  • Quotes by Birthday

Category Archive: April 16

John Millington Synge Quote: “The general knowledge of time on…”

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.

December 7, 2019 1871, April 16, Irish, John Millington Synge, Quotes by Poets

John Millington Synge Quote: “It gave me a moment of…”

It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.

December 3, 2019 1871, April 16, Irish, John Millington Synge, Quotes by Poets

John Millington Synge Quote: “In a good play every speech…”

In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.

October 23, 2019 1871, April 16, Irish, John Millington Synge, Quotes by Poets

John Millington Synge Quote: “There is no language like the…”

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

October 3, 2019 1871, April 16, Irish, John Millington Synge, Quotes by Poets

Tracy K. Smith Quote: “So much of my poetry begins…”

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.

September 22, 2019 1972, American, April 16, Quotes by Poets, Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith Quote: “I feel most alive, most electric…”

I feel most alive, most electric with faith, breath, and courage, when I think of God as a current that runs through all that is. Not by will or by choice. Not as a benediction but because there are laws even God must obey.

September 18, 2019 1972, American, April 16, Quotes by Poets, Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith Quote: “A question is a pursuit, an…”

A question is a pursuit, an invitation to envision and explore a series of possibilities, to struggle and empathize and doubt and believe. The question moves, whereas our sense of what an answer is can often be static, a stopping point.

August 24, 2019 1972, American, April 16, Quotes by Poets, Tracy K. Smith

Tracy K. Smith Quote: “I have kept journals at different…”

I have kept journals at different times in my life. And a lot of my early notebooks became places where I would just think on the page, trying to parse what I was feeling, to find out what I was thinking.

July 27, 2019 1972, American, April 16, Quotes by Poets, Tracy K. Smith

John Millington Synge Quote: “The absence of the heavy boot…”

The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection.

July 11, 2019 1871, April 16, Irish, John Millington Synge, Quotes by Poets

Tracy K. Smith Quote: “For me, a poem is an…”

For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit.

July 4, 2019 1972, American, April 16, Quotes by Poets, Tracy K. Smith

Posts navigation

Previous1 2 3 Next
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Hive Lite by PixelGrade.
Footer navigation
  • Home
  • Quotes by Thinkers
    • Philosophers
    • Poets
    • Historians
    • Sociologists
  • Quotes by Doers
    • Leaders
    • Revolutionaries
    • Activists
    • Educators
  • Quotes by Birthday