Quotes about John Ciardi

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish...

#John Ciardi

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to...

#John Ciardi

Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the...

#John Ciardi

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

#John Ciardi

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

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A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into...

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You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

#John Ciardi

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

#John Ciardi

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns...

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There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

#John Ciardi

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him...

#John Ciardi

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

#John Ciardi