Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting. — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good… — William Morris Copy Share Image
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
He oft finds med'cine, who his griefe imparts; But double griefs afflict concealing harts, As raging flames who striveth to supresse. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
It is one thing to write as poet and another to write as a historian: the poet can recount or sing about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
“I reached for the notebook which was always close by. All thoughts of composing epic poems of Greek heroes had left me.… — Nancy Moser Copy Share Image
It's all about time, dimwit time, inferior time, people checking watches and other devices, other reminders. This is time draining out of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Methinks we have hugely mistaken this matter of Life and Death. Methinks that what they call my shadow here on earth is… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is,… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. Some of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is a city of absolute enchantment in the literal sense of the word. It loosens all the bonds binding the traveller… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
A Concordance of Leaves is an epic poem of the indomitable yet fragile human spirit. Philip Metres brings Palestine and Palestinians into… — Fady Joudah Copy Share Image
