"There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances." — Evelyn Waugh

"There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances."

— Evelyn Waugh

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153 Quotes by Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh has 153 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you…
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly…
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest…
I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession…
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the…

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More Ideas Quotes

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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately… — J. J. Abrams
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and… — Paul Auster
In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no… — Lance Armstrong
There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium… — Antonin Artaud
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed… — Chinua Achebe

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