The genuine remains of Ossian, or those ancient poems which bear his name, though of less fame and extent, are, in many… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The divine bards are the friends of my virtue, of my intellect, of my strength. They admonish me that the gleams which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I mean, I know you’re a scribe and all, but you were at point blank range, Johnny. A child could have made… — Richard Nell Copy Share Image
“It was what the gleeman had called Plain Chant, those nights beside the fire on the ride north. Stories, he said, were… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, old as time, and as terrifying to gaze… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I am a poet, bard, scop, minnesinger, trobairitz who is driven by sound and the possibilities for vocal expression, the mouthing of… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Modern storytellers are the descendants of an immense and ancient community of holy people, troubadours, bards, griots, cantadoras, cantors, traveling poets, bums,… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
I tell my graduate students [at Bard College], ‘There are two ways to change the world: through policy, or through sustainable business.’… — Eban Goodstein Copy Share Image
What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
the fact that they stole their whole shtick from Woody Guthrie and the coal-mining bards. While the alternative nation meows about personal… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image