Aliens Quote by T. S. Eliot

The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn; the…

— T. S. Eliot

If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn.

— T. S. Eliot

Against my better judgment I feel certain that somewhere very near here—the first house down the road, maybe—there's a good poet dying, but also…

— Anonymous

“...when a good poet is confronted with difficult facts that he knows to be true but also are inimical to poetry, he has no…

— Orhan Pamuk

If poetry were nothing but texture, [Dylan] Thomas would be as good as any poet alive. The what of his poems is hardly essential…

— Randall Jarrell

If I were to have a dream job, it would probably be a poet. Then again, I don't think I'm a very good poet!

— Jack Gleeson

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a…

— Socrates

A good poet's made as well as born.

— Ben Jonson

“(1)BEING A POET is like opening a car door & exposing yourself. (2)BEING A GOOD POET is like opening the door & exposing the…

— Chocolate Waters

To be a good poet, you must care more about the writing, than the writer.

— Lucille Clifton

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

— William Shenstone