Quotes by Ciardi, John

You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough sufferin >>

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, wi >>

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a >>

Quotations about America

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea. >>

To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is prec >>

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turne >>

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

Ciardi, John