Famous Irish Poets Quotes & Sayings

Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones that are staring us in the face. — Murray Gell-Mann

There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road. — Sylvia Plath

I don't know about birds
nor do I know the history of fire.
But I believe that my solitude should have wings — Alejandra Pizarnik

This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you'll experience blessing now). — Timothy Keller

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys. — Max Von Sydow

I play Texas Hold'em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 million dollars from playing. It is unreal. — Chris Cornell

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory. — Albert Einstein

To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet. — Rita Dove