"A poet laureate of adolescent sexuality and middle-age longing."

-- William A. Henry III

#Age Quotes #Longing Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Many, many things are dangerous in our world, commercials and TV are dangerous, and so is the world of sitcoms. But nobody does anything about them because they're turning in alot of money.”
“I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an oak tree. I'd wrap my hands with a necktie of my daddy's and punch at it. My mom gave me an hour a day. My brothers and sisters said, "Nah." I said, "You'll see."”

Source : "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.
“Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.”
“Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.”
“Gentle time will heal our sorrows.”
“From the unknown, profound desires enter in upon us, and ... the fulfilling of those desires is the fulfilling of creation.”
“Somebody says, 'Do a Tom Bodett, a folksy kind of thing,' and it sounds like something out of 'Hee Haw,' very insulting. They turn wry humor into disparaging sarcasm, and you get what amounts to insulting advertising.”
“In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.”

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