"But we shall not know the world by……" — Allen Tate
"But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly."
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Allen Tate
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37 Quotes by Allen Tate
Allen Tate has 37 quotes on this site.
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Men expect too much, do too little.
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Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
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How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the…
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Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.
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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities,…
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At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at…
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The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and…
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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know…
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According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not…
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I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides…
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More Fly Quotes
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able…
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
— Mary Astell
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What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.
— Marcus Aurelius
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
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Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
— Douglas Adams
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
— Douglas Adams
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she…
— Francis Beaumont
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