Quotes by John Anthony Ciardi
| Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it |
| Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor. |
| A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. |
| A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. |
| It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy generation the courage of their confusion. |
