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Common Quotes by Basil Bunting
- All you can usually say about a poem or a picture is, 'Look at it, listen to it.' Whether you listen to a piece of…
- Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what…
More Common Quotes
- The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level… — Frederick Lenz
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life. — Frederick Lenz
- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama
- Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain… — Karen Armstrong