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Letter "P" » Philip Howard Quotes
«Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear.»
Author: Philip Howard
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Keywords:
appointed,
appointing,
crow,
cuddly,
grim,
Hughes,
John Betjeman,
laureate,
Old Crow,
Poet Laureate,
replace,
Sir John,
Ted,
teddy,
teddy bear,
Ted Hughes
«He brings a gust of acrid provincial air to the ancient office. He is an angry young prophet rather than a smooth courtier. His verse is angular, savage, robust and very good.»
Author: Philip Howard
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Keywords:
acrid,
angular,
courtier,
courtiers,
gust,
gusts,
prophet,
provincial,
robust,
smooth,
verse
«Jane Grigson is the nearest thing that we have on this side of the great green bouillabaisse to M F K Fisher. with learning and wit that are rarely devoted to such a banausic subject as stuffing food down one's cake hole.»
Author: Philip Howard
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Keywords:
banausic,
bouillabaisse,
fisher,
fishers,
F K,
have on,
Jane,
M. F. K. Fisher,
m,
M F K Fisher,
stuffing
«In economic and cultural terms, they are missing out in a big way. Going online means paying to tap into Western culture.»
«In the rich cities, an Internet user who spends $1 actually gets more out of their experience and finds more Web sites in their language.»
«Most people around the world will experience new information technologies through their mobile-phone browsers. Computers are still priced out of reach for most people.»
«I can't believe I'm saying this, but think I come down on the Microsoft camp.»
«M F K Fisher is the dowager queen of writers on browsing and slicing.»
Author: Philip Howard
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About:
Writers
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Keywords:
browse,
browsed,
browsing,
dowager,
dowagers,
fisher,
fishers,
F K,
M. F. K. Fisher,
M F K Fisher,
Queen of,
slicing
«What is special about Fisher is not the tedious stuff about six teaspoons of dry mustard, but the literary dressing around the sides of the recipes.»