Dusket Quotes & Sayings

He never described himself as a poet or his work as poetry. The fact that the lines do not come to the edge of the page is no guarantee. Poetry is a verdict, not an occupation. He hated to argue about the techniques of verse. The poem is a dirty, bloody, burning thing that has to be grabbed first with bare hands. Once the fire celebrated Light, the dirt Humility, the blood Sacrifice. Now the poets are professional fire-eaters, freelancing at any carnival. The fire goes down easily and honours no one in particular. — Leonard Cohen

Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Love is relative to the moment. — Delma Pryce

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving to live up to the judicial oath. — John Roberts

A program of active reading and writing might be the hardest form of thinking, but it is also the most organized methodology of self-education. Reading exposes the mind to a world of ideas heretofore unimaginable and encourages the novice learner to write. Reading is a form a joint mediation and writing represents the product of several authors' collective and collaborative minds at work. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another. — John Clayton

Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention. — Allen Lacy

I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers. — Ariel Sharon

Let's make this clear: I do not hate anybody. — Tyson Fury

I promise, Captain. I'll be safe. — Kristen Ashley

Improvisation is the art of being completely O.K. with not knowing what the f - you're doing — Mick Napier

She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room. — P.G. Wodehouse

A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it. — Sakyong Mipham

I like Indian takeaway. — Nicola Sturgeon