Laureate Quote by Don Willett Download Open image “I was recently designated Tweeter Laureate of Texas, which apparently is a thing.” — Don Willett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Laureate Recently Texas Thing Which
I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I would like to clarify that I am not on Twitter and as such the tweeting purportedly done in my name is by an… — J. Jayalalithaa Copy Share Image
I'm a prolific tweeter. It allows me to respond to the news of the day or comment on something Jacob Rees-Mogg has said on… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Wait, are you telling me 'professional tweeter' can't go in my CV? Well this was a waste of time. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I've won some awards. 'Time' magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I've got some honorary… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
I have a Twitter, but I'm not a tweeter... if that really makes sense. — Kiernan Shipka Copy Share Image
I'm the worst tweeter ever. I don't know what I'm doing. I really don't. — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
In a new videotape message, Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges his supporters to follow him on 'Tweeter.' After hearing about it, John McCain laughed… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
If legislators come to believe that police power is an ever-present constitutional trump card they can play whenever it suits them, overreaching is inexorable. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
I don't remember much of my childhood. My father passed away when I was six, and sadly, I don't have the fuzziest, foggiest memory… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Judges should always behave judicially by adjudicating, never politically by legislating. I leave policy to policymakers. They're preeminent, but they're not omnipotent. In other… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
I think people just find it remarkable that a high court justice would step out from behind the bench and have a persona that's… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It's our… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
When writing, I split my time between my chambers and my satellite office: my neighborhood Chick-fil-A. It offers the word-nerd trifecta: I bring Bose… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Unlike tennis matches, Supreme Court decisions are tiebreaker-free, meaning the lower-court ruling stands without any high-court guidance. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Re-election comes every six years, which explains why I spend so much time on Twitter. If you're an obscure judge whose name ID hovers… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
If you're president, it's often your court appointments that seal your legacy with a capital L. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Serving 27 million Texans spread across 254 counties and two time zones isn't a job for those who require a lot of sleep. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
We have a disturbing cultural appetite for novelty, and it seems to me wrong each new laureate should dislodge the ideas of his or… — Louise Gluck Copy Share Image
One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue working on picture books. If I don't… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Because I'm a younger laureate, it seemed important to me to do something - not to just accept the honor of the position, but… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Pretty much the day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been few and far between came back to me, like birds in… — Andrew Motion Copy Share Image
Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
