#less

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#poetry #poets #puberty #reach #stop

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#come #consider #created #criticism #excitement

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#bell #implies #interference #other #people

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. ↗

— Colin Powell

#denominations #different #different points #fact #gay

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#bring #dead #indeed #life #readers

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#become #celebrate #doing #even #government

I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter. ↗

— Susan Powter

#bills #cash #dance #enlightening #gutter

If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#difference #evil #good #good and evil #religion

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#anything #become #earn #earning #get

Every poll about the Left, the Right, and happiness reveals that the farther left one goes, the less happy the person is likely to be. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#every #farther #goes #happiness #happy