John Ciardi Quotes & Sayings
21 most famous John Ciardi quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American dramatist who passed away on 30 March, 1986.
“The day will happen whether or not you get up.”
“The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.”
“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
“Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.”
“Poetry lies its way to the truth.”
“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.”
“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.”
“A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.”
“You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.”
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