Authors - Robert Frost
Brief Biography
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1065by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
Quote 1094by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
Quote 1119by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
Quote 1529by Anonymous on 14/01/2011
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Quote 1735by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Quote 1815by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.
Quote 1856by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.
Quote 1911by Anonymous on 19/01/2011
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.
Quote 1979by Anonymous on 20/01/2011
I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.
Quote 2169by Anonymous on 24/01/2011
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Quote 2327by Anonymous on 27/01/2011
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
Quote 2359by Anonymous on 28/01/2011
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
Quote 2526by Anonymous on 31/01/2011
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Quote 2651by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.
Quote 2998by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Quote 3034by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Quote 3340by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Quote 3454by Anonymous on 06/02/2011
Too many poets delude themselves by thinking that the mind is dangerous and must be left out. Well, the mind is dangerous and must be left in.
Quote 3814by Anonymous on 10/02/2011
I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
Quote 4017by Anonymous on 12/02/2011
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
Quote 4464by Anonymous on 22/02/2011
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
Quote 4811by Anonymous on 01/03/2011
If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.
Quote 4861by Anonymous on 01/03/2011
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Quote 5988by Anonymous on 11/09/2011
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Quote 7288by Anonymous on 01/11/2011
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Quote 8645by Anonymous on 21/05/2012
A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.
Quote 9201by Anonymous on 26/06/2012
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
Quote 9978by Anonymous on 07/09/2012
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Quote 11289by Anonymous on 10/12/2012
I'm against a homogenized society, because I want the cream to rise.
