Quotes by : Arthur Gordon

Some criticism, no doubt, is constructive, but too much is a subtle poison.

The trouble with ‘if only’ is that it doesn’t change anything. It keeps the person facing the wrong....

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails....

Words. Just little black marks on paper. Just sounds in the empty air. But think of the power they have!....

It’s the person who likes to pat dogs to whom dogs come for pats.

There was something about him that drove the shyness out of you, a kind of understanding that went deeper....

Rhythm. Life is full of it; words should have it, too. But you have to train your ear. Listen to the....

You’re thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. Failure is a teacher –....

(It’s) a fair exchange. You’re giving me attention. That’s a form of affection, you know.

Let’s not be too harsh where poets are concerned. They have to live in no-man’s-land, halfway between....