"History is the ship carrying living memories to…" — Stephen Spender
"History is the ship carrying living memories to the future."
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26 Quotes by Stephen Spender
Stephen Spender has 26 quotes on this site.
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When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a…
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The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations…
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I'm struggling at the end to get out of the valley of hectoring youth, journalistic middle age, imposture, moneymaking, public…
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I think continually of those who were truly great...Born of the sun they traveled a short while towards the sun,…
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Paul Valery speaks of the 'une ligne donnee' of a poem. One line is given to the poet by God…
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Although Poets are vain and ambitious, their vanity and ambition are of the purest kind attainable in this world. They…
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There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife — a tyrannical midwife.
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The greatest of all human delusions is that there is a tangible goal, and not just direction towards an ideal…
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I think continually of those who were truly great.
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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who…
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So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself
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If Rilke cut himself shaving, he would bleed poetry.
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More Carrying Quotes
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the…
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Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads…
— Russell Baker
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it…
— Otto von Bismarck
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I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending…
— Erma Bombeck
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true…
— Bono
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If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live…
— Les Brown
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And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any…
— Madeleine Albright
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
— Taylor Caldwell
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable…
— Samuel Alito
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When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got…
— Dick Cheney
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.
— Sparky Anderson
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