“I would say that the writers I like and trust have at the base of their prose something called the English sentence. An awful lot of modern writing seems to me to be a depressed use of language. Once, I called it "vow-of-poverty prose." No, give me the king in his countinghouse. Give me Updike.” GivingWritingUseSeemsLanguagePovertyModernKingsGive MeSentencesAwfulProseVowUse Of Language Author:Martin Amis
“My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.” KnowsGivingHeartMayPovertyGive MeRichesContentment Author:Christian Scriver
“Realism gives me the impression of a mistake. Violence alone escapes the feeling of poverty of those realistic experiences. Only death and desire have the force that oppresses, that takes one's breath away. Only the extremism of desire and death enable one to attain the truth.” GivingFeelingsDesireForceMistakePovertyViolenceGive MeBreathsImpressionRealisticRealismExtremism Author:Georges Bataille
“Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works. So they literally have no habit of showing up on Monday. They have no habit of staying all day. They have no habit of 'I do this and you give me cash' unless it's illegal.” GivingChildrenPoorPovertyHabitGive MeStayingNeighborhoodIllegalCashMondayShowing UpPoor ChildrenPoor Neighborhoods Author:Newt Gingrich
“Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.” GivingMindWellsHeartCareHatePovertySceneGive MeSatisfactionRangeSplendidGrandeurSerene Book:The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five] Volumes Source: The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five] Volumes