Facts about Randall Jarrell

Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornMay 6, 1914
DiedOctober 15, 1965
Aged51 years

Summary

Randall Jarrell was a famous Poet from USA, who lived between May 6, 1914 and October 15, 1965. He/she became 51 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 11 quotes who is written / told by Randall.

11 Famous quotes by Randall Jarrell

Small: The blind date that has stood you up: your life
"The blind date that has stood you up: your life"
Small: In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyste
"In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster"
Small: I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it
"I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose"
Small: One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like
"One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child"
Small: It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life
"It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life"
Small: He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors
"He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors"
Small: To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all
"To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all"
Small: The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks
"The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks"
Small: If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they arent like politicians
"If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like"
Small: I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of ou
"I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry"
Small: A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning
"A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times"