#prose

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#develop #distinguished #event #fall #form

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#glass #i #pane #prose #want

Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking. ↗

— Malcolm Wilson

#artists #asking #emotional #got #hear

I'm honestly perplexed about the distinction represented by the cervical wall. On one side, people should be prosecuted if they do anything to harm the fetus, but once on the outside, sorry kid, whatever happens happens. You're on your own. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#anything #distinction #fetus #happens #harm

I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again. ↗

— Tony Greig

#atrocities #complete #continues #efficiently #entirely

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#copies #find #gallery #i #infinitely

One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#breaking #get #i #law #learned

After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#appreciation #attorney #both #deep #defense

That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#finally #formal #get #poetry #prose

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. ↗

— Mario Cuomo

#govern #poetry #prose #you