A Quote by Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made.

Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

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Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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April 26, 1826 - October 12, 1887

There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is- the poet is born, not made.

Joseph Devlin

A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made.

Luis Bunuel

A good poet's made as well as born.

Ben Jonson

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

Luis Bunuel

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

J. K. Rowling

Like the musician, the painter, the poet, and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made. And he is born to happiness in this vale of tears, to a certain amount of the purest joy that earth can giver her children, joy that is tranquil, innocent, uplifting, unfailing.

Celia Thaxter

Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.

Celia Thaxter

If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn't wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.

Donald Hall

That bumper sticker everyone has down in Philadelphia, the one that says, 'Only the Lord saves more than Bernie Parent,' really isn't true. God couldn't have made all the saves that Parent made against us.

Jerry Korab

Losing your parent is unlike anything.

Jenny Lewis

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.

Emile Zola

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

Danny Bonaduce

The mistakes that I made I made because I drank too much. I don't think that's going to happen any more. Am I going to make mistakes as a parent? Sadly, every day. I'm looking around for the perfect parent and I haven't seen one yet.

Paula Poundstone

Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.

Rita Dove

I was 20 when my daughter was born, and making all these plans during my wife's pregnancy. I was going to be the perfect father. Once she was born, it was suddenly, 'Oh, my God! I'm a parent!'

Kiefer Sutherland

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