What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. John Ciardi Read Quote
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. John Ciardi Read Quote
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. John Ciardi Read Quote
Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it! John Ciardi Read Quote
Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen. John Ciardi Read Quote
Nothing goes further toward a man’s liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. John Ciardi Read Quote
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. John Ciardi Read Quote
