My poems are political in the deeper sense of the word. Political means to live in your time, to be a man of your time.
Yehuda Amichai
There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that... →
Barbara Amiel
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more... →
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love... →
Henri Frederic Amiel
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the... →
Martin Amis
I am, incidentally, the only writer to have received the Somerset Maugham award twice - the first time for my first novel, the second time for my... →
I have a soft spot for cashmere - even though that is not a particularly sustainable fabric, I do invest in quality, so it is sustainable in the... →
Suzy Amis
I'm afraid Eddie the Eagle was before my time. All I know is that his glasses were three times thicker than mine, but I can jump three times... →
Simon Ammann
Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day... →
A. R. Ammons
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.