Brain Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Shakespeare wrote better poetry for not knowing too much; Milton , I think, knew too much finally for the good of his poetry.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced that most…

— A. E. Housman

“Accuracy is sacrificed in the name of better poetry.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“If I were to choose between the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten, I would choose the ecstasy.…

— Kahlil Gibran

I think we got much better poetry when it was all regarded as sinful or subversive, and you had to hide it under the…

— Philip Larkin

“Better poetry than riches, Better poverty than fortunes.”

— Stephan Attia

“Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards”

— Jussi Adler-Olsen

For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller. Accompanied by…

— Adolf Galland

Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth.

— John Ruskin

I always wanted a father. Any kind. A strict one, a funny one, one who bought me pink dresses, one who wished I was…

— Judy Blundell

It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling

— John Heywood

But ice-crunching and loud gum-chewing, together with drumming on tables, and whistling the same tune 70 times in succession, because they indicate an indifference…

— Robert Benchley