Ask Quote by Orson F. Whitney Download Open image “Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?” — Orson F. Whitney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ask Good Ignorant Means Only Poetry Question Those Will
Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves — Lorna Goodison Copy Share Image
The purpose of poetry is to restore to mankind the possibility to wonder. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
I love that people want to know about poetry. It's one of the ways of keeping alive. — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
The point of poetry is to be acutely discomforting, to prod and provoke, to poke us in the eye, to punch us in the… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. It should make our days holy to us.… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Poetry is a kind of magic that very few can create and even fewer can truly understand and appreciate in all its glory. — Dennis Gabor Copy Share Image
As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality. — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
The God we worship is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of men's rights, and a guardian of them-a fact clearly… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
“They sighed: "This leadeth to captivity-- Perchance destruction, ending dark and dire. Yet must we yield to human liberty Its own, e'en though a… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small poets, and… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Poetry is that sentiment of the soul, or faculty of the mind, which enables its possessor to appreciate and realize the heights and depths… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad. — T-Pain Copy Share Image
If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Every morning when I pick up the newspaper and read about an earthquake in Japan or problems in European financial institutions, the first question… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a real location… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we can now… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience. — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask: 'Will you play a psycho to really change your image and prove you can act?' But that's not what… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
