Tsangaris Quotes & Sayings

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. — Harry Mathews

I'd forced books on my kids from the day they were born and, as it turned out, it had been completely unnecessary because all of them liked to read. Or maybe they liked to read because I'd read aloud nearly every children's book in print. — Jeff Shelby

... and yet, at the end of it all, a few very broad lines did seem to stick out, like the primary colors in a painting that explain all the confusing blends. And once I had understood my artificial convention, as one understands a convention of the theatre, it was surprising how many adventures did, with a squeeze, fit in their compartments- provided that I chuckled as I did the squeezing and reminded myself that it was all a game anyway. — Joseph J. Thorndike Jr.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men. — Norman Mailer

I think the first decision I took when I became a government minister was to reverse the planned closure of Monklands Accident and Emergency. It's an issue close to my heart. — Nicola Sturgeon

If you're the president you only have two jobs: peace and money. — Chris Rock

The world is filled with successful small businesses that stay small. — Kenneth Fisher