A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

Quote by W H Auden

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He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

Art is I; science is we

Art is I; science is we

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Where there's music there can be love

Where there's music there can be love