As for literature It
As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There’s nothing in it. Ezra Pound
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As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There’s nothing in it. Ezra Pound
If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I’d say there’s only one reason to go into public life and that’s to help people. Evan Bayh
I’ve just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I’d finished I said to myself, ‘Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.’ (1911) Ernest Rutherford
I’ve had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy. Elizabeth Edwards
Yes, writing a novel, my boy, is like driving pigs to market – you have one of them making a bolt down the wrong lane; another won’t get over the right stile. Elizabeth Bowen
There are many strange happenings, my boy. Many mysteries beyond the power of the human mind to comprehend. Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
You know, my boy, he said, it’s impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to men by doing violence to your feelings, holding your nose, and shutting your eyes, especially shutting your eyes. Endure their villainy without anger, as much as possible; try to remember … Read more
When I come home, I’m not a basketball player, but \”dad\”. While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I’m just \”dad\” and that’s very important. Dwyane Wade
At 9 years old, I moved in with my father because my mother could no longer care for me. Looking back, I now see so many similarities between my own childhood and that of my sons. My father stepped in when I needed him, and that gave me the chance for a better life. That’s … Read more
The field was even greener than my boy’s mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said the grass there was plenty green all right, but that not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field. Duke Snider