I am so coarse, the things the poets see Are obstinately…

I would say there are different kinds of poems. There are things that poets in the history of poetry hit upon when they're very…

— Edward Hirsch

Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening…

— Paul Muldoon

We are neither obstinately nor wilfully to oppose evils, nor truckle under them for want of courage, but that we are naturally to give…

— Michel de Montaigne

“A hundred things to do, but only one thing to be," he said, obstinately. "But perhaps I don't feel myself worthy of such a…

— Doris Lessing

Public opinion actually applauds the young woman venturing into the business world, but it still obstinately (and quite illogically) protects the young man in…

— Crystal Eastman

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

— Ambrose Bierce

“I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my…

— Emily Brontë

“If you come anywhere near my daughter, I will see to it that you are taken apart piece by bloody piece. Do I make…

— Neal Shusterman

Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret.

— Michel Foucault

I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input,…

— Felicity Jones

One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see…

— C. S. Lewis

Jesus' kingdom was not like the popular expectation. He used the phrase 'kingdom of God' with a different meaning. His kingdom was not of…

— Tom Harpur

Inequality is pervasive but invisible. It's hard to see. You need a sort of tool to make it visible.

— Hito Steyerl

This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to…

— Anonymous