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S1E61 Quoem 61: Mahatma Gandhi and Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt
"I am striving for the kingdom of heaven, which is within. For me, the only way to find God is to see Him in His creation and be one with it. This can only be done by service of all." Mahatma Gandhi…
S1E60 Quoem 60: Robert A Heinlein and Smile Again by Thom Jenkins
Robert A Heinlein from Stranger in a Strange Land: "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
S2E1 Quoem 59: Leo Tolstoy and Patience Taught by Nature by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This episode of Quoetry explores the connection between Leo Tolstoy’s assertion—“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time”—and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem Patience Taught by Nature.…
S1E58 Quoem 58: Henry Ford and Keep Going by Edgar A Guest
Detroit, Michigan links both our quotation and poem today. The quotation is from Henry Ford: "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." The poem is by Edgar A Guest,…
S1E57 Quoem 57: James P Carse and Parental Recollections by Charles Lamb
Today's quotation is from James P Carse: "Society is where we prove to parents qua audience that we are not what we thought they thought we were." Today's poem is Charles Lamb's "Parental…
S1E56 Quoem 56: Muriel Rukeyser and William Carlos William
Today's quotation is from Muriel Rukeyser: "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." Muriel is pictured in the podcast thumbnail with credit to Imogen Cunningham (1945). Today's poem is "The…
S1E55 Quoem 55: Samuel Johnson and Antonio Machado
Today's quotation is from Samuel Johnson: "It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she had the address of appearing only to attend, but…
S1E54 Quoem 54: John Major and How the Leaves Came Down by Susan Coolidge
Today's quotation is from former Conservative Prime Minister, John Major: "When the curtain falls, it is time to get off the stage." Today's poem is "How the Leaves Came Down" by Susan Coolidge.
S1E53 Quoem 53: William Goldman and A Drinking Song by W B Yeats
Today's quotation is from William Goldman: "Nobody knows anything". Today's poem is "A Drinking Song" by W B Yeats.
S1E52 Quoem 52: Voltaire and Dorothy Wordsworth
Today's quotation is from "Candide" by Voltaire: "We must cultivate our garden." Today's poem is "When Shall I Tread Your Garden Path?" by Dorothy Wordsworth.
S1E51 Quoem 51: Amos Tversky and Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
Today's quotation is a gem from Amos Tversky: "You waste years by not being able to waste hours." And today's poem has you waste a little longer than usual with me today. It is "Song of the Open…
S1E50 Quoem 50: Euripides and The Voice by Thomas Hardy
Today's quotation is taken from Euripides. Today's poem is Thomas Hardy's "The Voice".
S1E49 Quoem 49: Edgar Degas and The Artist by Frances Harper
Today's quotation is by Edgar Degas: "Painting is easy when you don't know how; very difficult when you do." Frances Harper provides today's poem, "The Artist".
S1E48 Quoem 48: Mark Twain and Science by Sarah Helen Whitman
Today quotation is from Mark Twain: "There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact." Sarah Helen Whitman's…
S1E47 Quoem 47: Misattributed to Lao Tzu and Exchanges by Ernest Dowson
Today's quotation is commonly attributed to Lao Tzu but the modernity of theme and language makes me think not. Nevertheless, here it is: "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while…
S1E46 Quoem 46: Nassim Taleb and Richard Corey by E A Robinson
Our quotation today is taken from Nassim Taleb: "[A]void the company of achievers and people in suits who don't read books." Our poem today is "Richard Corey" by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
S1E45 Quoem 45: Sir Francis Bacon and Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Our quotation today is by Sir Francis Bacon. Today's poem is "Revenge" by L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon).
S1E44 Quoem 44: Abraham Lincoln and Casabianca by Felicia Hemans
Our quotation today is from Abraham Lincoln: "I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the very end." Today's poem is "Casabianca" by Felicia Hemans.…
S1E43 Quoem 43: Golda Meir and The Deserter by John Philpot Curran
Today's quotation is from Golda Meir: "Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do." Our poem today is "The Deserter" by John Philpot Curran.
S1E42 Quoem 42: Andrew Jackson and Emily Dickinson
Today's quotation is from Andrew Jackson: "I was born for a storm, and a calm does not suit me". Today's poem is yet another by Emily Dickinson, "There came a wind like a bugle"
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