John Ciardi Quotes & Quotations

John Ciardi Quotes

» A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.

» The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

» Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.

» A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

» Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

» Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

» There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

» You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

» Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

» You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

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