Quotes by : John Ciardi

The day will happenwhether or not you get up

Boys are the cash of war. Whoever said: we're not free spenders- doesn't know our like.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows....

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

Poetry lies its way to the truth.

If a man means his writing seriously he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he....

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house....

Most Like an Arch This MarriageMost like an arch—an entrance which upholds and shores the stone-crush....

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.