"The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me." ― Howard Nemerov Topic(s): Success More From Howard Nemerov "I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks." "Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow’s speed." "A lot happens by accident in poetry." More In Success "I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful."― Alanis Morissette "It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it’s no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I’d have the success they had."― Katy Perry "Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"― Andrew Carnegie