Majakowski Quotes & Sayings

This...is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence. — John Kennedy Toole

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions. — Anne Stevenson

If you want to learn about money, learn from somebody who has a lot of it. — Charles J. Givens

It just takes one awful second, I often think, and an entire epoch passes — W.G. Sebald

It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian. — Lee Greenwood

Awards are only a publicity gimmick. — Tony Randall

Jack laughed at my attempts to avoid being felt up by a mythical beast. "Apparently you're a virgin."
"Shut up!Like that's any of your business!"
He shrugged,the motion less effective upside down."Unicorns love maidens. Haven't you done any research at all?"
"What,you have?"
He flipped off the branch,startling the unicorn so badly it bolted from the meadow. Thank heavens. — Kiersten White

[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them. — James Madison

What will you do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver — Tara Bliss

'Avatar' was incredible and totally groundbreaking, but it wasn't about utter realism. It had a great mythic fantasy to it, but the characters don't seem totally photo-real, as amazing as they are. — Matt Reeves

How gorgeous this chess set is.' Each piece was a delicate marble fantasy of medieval warfare. The paint had long ago worn off, except for faint touches of red, in the fury of the king's eyes, on the queen's lower lip, in the bishop's robe. — Eloisa James

A baby is the symbol of the future, hope for the future, and our opinion in the future. — Debasish Mridha

How would that premise stand up if he examined it? That was probably why the Communists were always cracking down on Bohemiansism. When you were drunk or when you committed adultery you recognised your own personal fallability of that so mutable substitute for the apostles' creed, the party line. Down with Bohemianism, the sin of Majakowski. — Ernest Hemingway,

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. — Honore De Balzac