English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Philip Larkin Quotes

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?

Philip Larkin

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Willie Nelson quote: "We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers..."
We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week. Willie Nelson
Sarah Hughes quote: "I just skated for the fun of it."
I just skated for the fun of it. Sarah Hughes
Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump! Otis Criblecoblis
John Adams quote: "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."
Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. John Adams
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced. Marc Morial
Blaise Pascal quote: "Love has reasons which reason cannot understand."
Love has reasons which reason cannot understand. Blaise Pascal
O prejudice, prejudice, prejudice, how many hast thou destroyed! Men who might have been wise have remained fools because they thought they were wise. Many judge what the gospel ought to be, but do not actually enquire as to what it is. They do not come to the Bible to obtain their views of religion, but they open that Book to find texts to suit the opinions which they bring to it. They are not open to the honest force of truth, and therefore are not saved by it. Charles Spurgeon
Walt Whitman quote: "I tramp a perpetual journey."
I tramp a perpetual journey. Walt Whitman
Willa Cather quote: "The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old..."
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. Willa Cather
Douglas Trumbull quote: "The technology of the time dictated the way things looked."
The technology of the time dictated the way things looked. Douglas Trumbull
The whole book is posing a question. You think you've won a war - what you've done is finish a war. There was a crime committed in that war the like of which perhaps was never committed in human history. You think about it. William Golding
I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own. Michael Palin
Lao Tzu quote: "Always without desire we must be found,"
Always without desire we must be found, Lao Tzu
every idiot who goes about with a 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Charles Dickens
Halle Berry quote: "What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can..."
What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on. Halle Berry