Is an institution always a man’s shadow shortened in the sun, the lowest common denominator of everybody in it?
Randall Jarrell Quotes
A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times; a dozen or two dozen times and he is great.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Randall Jarrell Quotes: A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out..."
| Birth: | 6th May, 1914 |
| Death: | 14th October, 1965 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
About
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate.
Share with your friends