FastSaying

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

AroundGenuineHangingKnownLikeLookMaybeOutPoetsRealReal ThingRestSacredThingThousandsTryingTwoWantWho

Related Quotes

I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
— Aaron Carter
ArtistConsumersReal
Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
— Irene Peter
ExcuseIgnoranceReal
I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back.
— Megan Fox
BackGetIdea
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
— Abraham Lincoln
CharacterLikeReal
I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
— Mae West
ImitationJustLady