Poet Quote by William Butler Yeats

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

— Cato the Elder

“Poets and philosophers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Poetry is like truth: on one level it simply is, and as such it is available to anyone. Anyone, that is, who will spend…

— Philip Levine

We poets don't tend to be certain a lot. Much of our art is made out of our own uncertainty. And there is a…

— Sam Hamill

Since the beginning of establishment, poets and spoken word artists have always been both vocal supporters and critics of government. And in this age…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point…

— Diane Wakoski

The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have better.

— Harriet Monroe

The literary gift is a very dangerous gift to possess if you are not telling the truth, and I would a great deal rather,…

— Woodrow Wilson

Most of us have been subjected to terrible political poetry at least once or twice in our lifetimes, and so we tend to shy…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely

We had lost the art of communication - but not, alas, the gift of speech.

— Gordon Brown