"It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; they constitute his ideal audience and his better self."

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Source : Richard Wilbur's National Book Award Acceptance Speech for the poetry award for "Things of This World", www.nationalbook.org. 1957.

Richard Wilbur

#Self Quotes #Mind Quotes #Addresses Quotes

“Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.”

Source : "Meditations of a Parish Priest" by Philibert Joseph Roux, translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., (Part 5, XXII), 1886.
“Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So every sentence has to do two things at once: convey a message and continue to negotiate that relationship.”
“This has got to be the most expensive food ever laminated.”
“Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?”
“I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.”
“People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.”
“Help yourself and God will help you”

Source : Saint Joan (of Arc) (1968). “The Trial of Joan of Arc: Being the Verbatim Report of the Proceedings from the Orleans Manuscript”
“I'm always cast in these strange men... that's not me, really.”

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