Famous quotes containing the words born, american and/or poet:
“I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.”
—Pete Townshend (b. 1945)
“The ideal of the self-sufficient American family is a myth, dangerous because most families, especially affluent families, do in fact make use of a range of services to survive. Families needing one or another kind of help are not morally deficient; most families do need assistance at one time or another.”
—Joseph Featherstone (20th century)
““A poet is a man speaking to men”:
But I am then a poet, am I not?—”
—John Berryman (1914–1972)