“I find it impossible to think of "favorite" poets. I would rather list the ones I cannot stand.”
Billy Collins (1941) American poet
Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry
Source: Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions
“I find it impossible to think of "favorite" poets. I would rather list the ones I cannot stand.”
Billy Collins (1941) American poet
Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry
“If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
“My favorite word? It’s 'act.”
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
Karen Smith et al. Ai Weiwei (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon), London: Phaidon Press, 2009.
2000-09, 2009
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting that we have just had one.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“For us military men, it is impossible to forget.”
Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) Soviet military commander
Quoted in "Bulletin" - by Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Cold War - 1995