Facts about Dylan Thomas

Occup.Poet
FromWelsh
BornOctober 27, 1914
DiedNovember 9, 1953
Aged39 years

Summary

Dylan Thomas was a famous Poet from Welsh, who lived between October 27, 1914 and November 9, 1953. He/she became only 39 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Dylan.

22 Famous quotes by Dylan Thomas

Small: Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordina
"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity"
Small: The function of posterity is to look after itself
"The function of posterity is to look after itself"
Small: Rage, rage against the dying of the light
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
Small: My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out
"My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out"
Small: Do not go gentle into that good night
"Do not go gentle into that good night"
Small: He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest
"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest"
Small: Though lovers be lost love shall not
"Though lovers be lost love shall not"
Small: I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been
"I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay"
Small: The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it
"The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it"
Small: Ive just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think thats the record
"I've just had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's the record"
Small: Go on thinking that you dont need to be read and youll find that it may become quite true: no one will
"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party"
Small: Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name
"Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name"
Small: Dont be too harsh to these poems until theyre typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certa
"Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are bad then, they appear to be bad with conviction"
Small: An alcoholic is someone you dont like who drinks as much as you do
"An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do"
Small: Somebodys boring me. I think its me
"Somebody's boring me. I think it's me"
Small: Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. Somebodys boring me, he said, I think its me.
"Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'"
Small: But time has set its maggot on their track
"But time has set its maggot on their track"
Small: Washington isnt a city, its an abstraction
"Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction"
Small: There is only one position for an artist anywhere and that is upright
"There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright"
Small: Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great
"Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great"
Small: When one burns ones bridges, what a very nice fire it makes
"When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes"
Small: These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in p
"These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't"