Irving Layton Quotes

1912-, Canadian Poet
quotes
8
topics
8
Origin
Topic
“Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.”
Conscience
“My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.”
VerifiedThe Whole Bloody Bird (1969) · evidenceNeighbors
“God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.”
VerifiedThe Whole Bloody Bird (1969) · evidenceGod
“When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.”
VerifiedThe Whole Bloody Bird (1969) · evidenceArgument
“If poetry is like an orgasm, an academic can be likened to someone who studies the passion-stains on the bedsheets.”
VerifiedThe Whole Bloody Bird (1969) · evidenceAcademia
“We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.”
Love
“Progress of a marriage: ''There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.''”
Marriage