I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry

Quote by Randall Jarrell

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A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all culture...

When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all culture...

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of...

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of...