“My major aim was to shape a book which would make its own comment, a wordless statement: to talk through the way it was shaped.” WayBookShapesMajorsAimStatementsComment Book:The Golden Notebook Source: The Golden Notebook
“The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry: It is a mellifluous and emotional statement of the obviously not true. The men who fought for self-determination at Gettysburg were not the Federals but the Confederates.” MenHas BeensWarSelfPeaceEmotionalHe ManLateMajorsDeterminationStatementsSelf DeterminationRequirementsAnthologyConfederateGettysburg Author:H. L. Mencken
“Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics, singers, bass players - anyone in music can rise to make a major statement but in poetry there are only words to do the work. And they do sometimes have to sweat.” SometimesPlayerMajorsMessagesMusic IsBeatsSingersStatementsPoetry IsSweatBassCarrierBass Players Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.” MindMadeSaidStatesFactsGovernmentRunningMajorsFairsIncreaseStatementsState Of MindRunning AwayContemplating Author:John Howard
“I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.” WantTryingFashionMajorsDressesStatementsClosetsGetting LaidFashion Statement Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky