"As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note."
― Seamus Heaney
Topic(s):
Funny
More From Seamus Heaney
- "Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained."
- "Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit."
- "The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost."
More In Funny
- "Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that – it’s got to be funny."― Betty White
- "I think being funny is not anyone’s first choice."― Woody Allen
- "I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual."― Samuel Johnson