--- title: "9 Beck and call Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Beck and call quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Beck and call sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-hecht-35816_beck-and-call_there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-n_3137764.png" --- > [There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hecht/there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-not-at-the-beck-and-call-of/) [Anthony Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hecht/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-hecht-35816_beck-and-call_there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-n_3137764.png) > [With a few honorable exceptions the press of the United States is at the beck and call of the patent medicines. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-hopkins-adams/with-a-few-honorable-exceptions-the-press-of-the-united-states-is-at/) [Samuel Hopkins Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-hopkins-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/samuel-hopkins-adams-25112_agents_with-a-few-honorable-exceptions-the-pres_2611401.png) > [Subjection to fear is weakness, bondage, feverish unrest. To be afraid is to have no soul that we can call our own;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-van-dyke/subjection-to-fear-is-weakness-bondage-feverish-unrest-to-be-afraid/) [Henry Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-van-dyke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/henry-van-dyke-2453_afraid_subjection-to-fear-is-weakness-bondage-f_2803467.png) > [At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-paxman/at-work-people-are-expected-to-be-at-the-beck-and-call-of-employers/) [Jeremy Paxman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-paxman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/jeremy-paxman-19312_art_at-work-people-are-expected-to-be-at-the_2429070.jpg) > [The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sammy-hagar/the-reason-i-didn-t-fly-over-from-maui-at-their-beck-and-call-is-my/) [Sammy Hagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sammy-hagar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/sammy-hagar-7920_baby_the-reason-i-didn-t-fly-over-from-maui-a_2805071.png) > [As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linus-roache/as-an-actor-when-you-re-actually-trying-to-embody-what-it-would-be/) [Linus Roache](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linus-roache/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/linus-roache-23219_actor_as-an-actor-when-you-re-actually-trying_2385134.jpg) > [As long as I live under the capitalistic system I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/as-long-as-i-live-under-the-capitalistic-system-i-expect-to-have-my/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/william-faulkner-306_beck-and-call_as-long-as-i-live-under-the-capitalistic_2017571.png) > [God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth, and he tries you through and through. And when you find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/god-is-the-hardest-taskmaster-i-have-known-on-this-earth-and-he-tries-2/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/mahatma-gandhi-23_assistance_god-is-the-hardest-taskmaster-i-have-kno_1439879.jpg) > [Though freedom and wealth are both good things which most of us desire and though we often need both to obtain what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/though-freedom-and-wealth-are-both-good-things-which-most-of-us/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_able_though-freedom-and-wealth-are-both-good_2386042.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beck-and-call/#itemlist", "name": "Beck and call Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anthony Hecht" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hecht/there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-not-at-the-beck-and-call-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-hecht-35816_beck-and-call_there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-n_3137764.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-hecht-35816_beck-and-call_there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-n_3137764.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/anthony-hecht-35816_beck-and-call_there-s-not-a-good-poet-i-know-who-has-n_3137764.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that…” — Anthony Hecht", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With a few honorable exceptions the press of the United States is at the beck and call of the patent medicines. 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