Robert Penn Warren Quotes
The lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world.
"Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Development". Book by Chris Maser, 1999.
You have to make the good out of the bad because that is all you have got to make it out of.
Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.391, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Robert Penn Warren, John Burt (1998). “The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren”, p.325, LSU Press
The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see.
1958 In the Saturday Review, 22 Mar.
Robert Penn Warren, “Tell Me A Story”
Robert Penn Warren (1996). “All the King's Men”, p.372, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.
Robert Penn Warren (1996). “All the King's Men”, p.593, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Robert Penn Warren (2006). “All the King's Men”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
It is human defect — to try to know oneself by the self of another.
"All the King's Men".
Robert Penn Warren (1946). “All the king's men”
Robert Penn Warren, Floyd C. Watkins, John T. Hiers (1980). “Robert Penn Warren talking: interviews, 1950-1978”, Random House (NY)
Robert Penn Warren, John Burt (1998). “The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren”, p.71, LSU Press
Robert Penn Warren, Floyd C. Watkins, John T. Hiers (1980). “Robert Penn Warren talking: interviews, 1950-1978”, Random House (NY)
"Newsweek" Magazine, August 25, 1980.
Robert Penn Warren (1977). “A Time to Hear and Answer: Essays for the Bicentennial Season”, University of Alabama Press
Robert Penn Warren (1989). “New and selected essays”, Random House Inc