Born English Singer

Famous quotes containing the words born, english and/or singer:

    For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
    Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)

    English literature is a kind of training in social ethics.... English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action.
    Marilyn Butler (b. 1937)

    In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.
    Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)