“In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsFactsLiteratureSeeingAbsolutesMovedBaloney Author:Norman MacCaig
“My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends' parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we'll stay together forever. That goes a long, long way.” WayLongKidsTogetherParentForeverAbsolutesSecureLong WayTogether Forever Author:Ayelet Waldman
“The way I think of it, economics and ecology occupy two intellectual silos, isolated from each other. Even when they do take each other into consideration, it's not uncommon for ecologists to spout absolute nonsense about economics, and vice versa.” ThinkingWayTwoIntellectualEconomicsAbsolutesVicesNonsenseConsiderationIsolatedEcologyVice VersaUncommon Author:Charles C. Mann
“I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.” ThinkingWayShouldArtFansParticularGeniusAbsolutesMassiveBrits Author:David Morrissey
“It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when you feel that it is an absolute piece of tosh. I made the film I wanted to make, so you just have to find a way of getting over it.” WayFeelsMadeWantedFilmPiecesCriticismAbsolutesHatedOver ItCrapDisingenuousGetting Over It Author:Stephen Daldry
“The life, beauty and meaning of the whole created order, from the tomtit to the Milky Way, refers back to the Absolute Life and Beauty of its Creator: and so lived, every bit has spiritual significance.” WayWholeSpiritualOrderBitsAbsolutesEnvironmentalCreatorSignificanceBeauty Of LifeMilky WayLife And Beauty Book:The Spiritual Life Source: The Spiritual Life