Commenting on the poem, Maurice Bowra observed that "... after the challenging, flaunting opening we are led through a swift account of youth, and then as we approach the horrors of old age, the verse becomes slower, the sentences shorter, the stops more emphatic, until the poet closes with a short, damning line of summary.

" Commenting on the piece after Ornstein's death approximately three-quarters of a century later, critic Martin Anderson wrote that it " rivals Rachmaninov's sonata in gorgeous tunes.

Commenting after the show Paice said: " ATRiuM will be a great place for young musicians to learn their craft, not to mention all the other things they ’ ve got going on there.

Commenting on the battle after winning it, de Almeida said: " As long as you may be powerful at sea, you will hold India as yours ; and if you do not possess this power, little will avail you a fortress on the shore.

Commenting on his situation after the primary, Ney said " I have a healthy campaign account, in contrast to the Democratic Party, which is deeply divided and has a candidate with almost no campaign cash.

Commenting on Barbara Gordon's eventual evolution into Oracle, she states " any readers and individuals within the industry believe that Barbara Gordon became a ' better ' character after she was paralyzed, but few people comment on specifics of the event that allowed her to become that ' better ' character.

" Commenting on the fact that the Hornets started to win after the video was shown, Mason commented: " I think it went over well.

" Commenting on his teammates reaction to his retirement, Johns noted " They were sort of relieved I think, after a couple of injuries this year ...

Commenting on the Duke lacrosse case in an interview on National Public Radio a few days after proclamations by the North Carolina Attorney General, Roy Cooper, that the three students were innocent, she said that they were " hooligans ," had lied, and that they " did not deserve an apology.

Commenting after the ceremony, Garang stated, " I congratulate the Sudanese people, this is not my peace or the peace of al-Bashir, it is the peace of the Sudanese people.

" Commenting on her role two years after she left the show, Oberman concluded:

Commenting to Sky Sports News after being targeted by racist mobs throughout a UEFA Europa League tie at FC Porto in February 2012 ( his first game back with City after the African Nations Cup ), Touré spoke of his love for playing football in England: " That's why we like the Premier League, it never happens there.

Commenting on Smith's criticism of Blankfein for such seemingly unprincipled leadership, particularly after saying in a 2009 interview that the firm was " doing God's work ", comedian Stephen Colbert pointed out that Blankfein never specified which god, and speculated that it was perhaps Shiva, Lord of Destruction.

Commenting on Perkins's playing, Sam Phillips has been quoted as saying that, " I knew that Carl could rock and in fact he told me right from the start that he had been playing that music before Elvis came out on record ...

Commenting on this Sam Raimi placed a poster of The Hills Have Eyes ripped in half in his 1981 movie The Evil Dead.

Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in the national capital Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, " When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes "; a statement for which he was widely criticised.

Commenting on Data's perpetual albino-like appearance, he said: " I spent more hours of the day in make-up than out of make-up ", so much so that he even called it a way of method acting.

Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, "... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett ".

Commenting on the event, Peter Baker in The New York Times, said " back and forth resembled the British tradition where the prime minister submits to questions on the floor of the House of Commons – something Senator John McCain had promised to do if elected president.

" Commenting on Christian music in 1984, Norman said: " I'm pleased with what's happening in England and Europe ... but I'm not totally thrilled about the commercialisation of Christian music in America.

Commenting on the audience reaction to both Presley and himself Perkins said, " When I'd jump around they'd scream some, but they were gettin ' ready for him.

Commenting on the fact that the title of this album is now in the plural, Otway said that he was very proud of it, having " finally got it ( the's ') on the right side of Hit ".

Commenting on the 2½-year probe, U. S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, " et this case serve notice to anyone considering breaking these laws and trampling our nation's cultural heritage that the BLM, the Department of Justice and the federal government will track you down and bring you to justice.

" Commenting on then Cardinal Ratzinger, he said, " Ratzinger, who is, in his mind-set, a Nazi " because he is " afraid to tell the truth ," and because he and John Paul II " won't even let themselves be in the presence of the truth, because it would shatter their very stylised view of things.

Commenting on her donation, she said, " Honestly, I made a lot of money in the United States on the LPGA Tour.

Commenting on this departure, Resnais said: " I was making this film at a time when I think, rightly, that one could not make a film, in France, without speaking about the Algerian war.

Commenting on this turn of events Wearing said, " What really hurts is that it stops me doing my work because people think I'm working for an advertising agency.

Commenting on his statement about the “ Miracle ”, Friedman says that “ the emphasis of that talk was that free markets would undermine political centralization and political control .” Friedman stated that “ The real miracle in Chile was not that those economic reforms worked so well, but because that ’ s what Adam Smith said they would do.

Commenting on the Government's plans to build asylum centres in other rural areas, Willcox said: " This is only the first of 15.

" Commenting on the cover in 2005, Francis said, " I just hope people find it tasteful.

Commenting on his appointment to ED & F Man on a salary of £ 30, 000 per annum, Straw said, " There are 168 hours in the week, and I will work in Blackburn for a least 60 and maybe sleep for 50.

Commenting on her past attitudes, Winger said in 2009, " Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

Commenting on the verdict, the plaintiffs ' attorney said, " It ’ s the first time in France that the entity of the Church of Scientology is condemned for fraud as an organized gang.

Commenting on the deal, SSP CEO Andrew Lynch praised the turn around in performance by Chris Sullivan and his team and said:

Commenting about the state of the book industry in a 2010 interview with Macleans Magazine, Kinsella said, " The publishing industry today is just — I couldn ’ t break into the market today if I was just starting out.

Commenting on her departure, Barton said, " My character has been through so, so much and there's really nothing more left for her to do.

Commenting upon Sobers ' six sixes in an over against his team in 1968, Glamorgan captain Tony Lewis said: " It was not sheer slogging through strength, but scientific hitting with every movement working in harmony ".

Commenting on the controversy the next day, Chandler said " I was raised in a small town in Western Kentucky.

Commenting on the elections, Blackburn MP Jack Straw said: " It is very sad.

" Commenting on this first contact with his birthplace as a returning adult, Pierre later said that he spent much of his time in Australia in either court or hospital-the latter referring particularly to a near-fatal car crash which required the right side of his face to be reconstructed, leaving scars he still bears today ).

Commenting on the structure of the canons of the Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould cited this variation as the extreme example of " deliberate duality of motivic emphasis [...] the canonic voices are called upon to sustain the passacaille role which is capriciously abandoned by the bass.

Commenting on her performance, Variety noted, " Zeta-Jones is bewitchingly lovely as the center of everyone's attention, and she throws herself into the often physical demands of her role with impressive grace.

Commenting on this first edition of The United Irishman, Lord Stanley in the House of Lords, on 24 February 1848, maintained that the paper pursued " the purpose of exciting sedition and rebellion among her Majesty's subjects in Ireland … it is language used in no common way, and for this reason I have called the attention of her Majesty's Government to it.

Commenting on one of Ming Emperor Xuande's works, " Gibbons at Play ", van Gulik says that while it is " not a great work of art ", it is " ably executed ".

" Commenting on the second series, the Mail on Sunday reported " Coupling is still the funniest thing around ...

Commenting on the labels " dogmatic " and " pathological " that the " Association for Skeptical Investigation " puts on critics of paranormal investigations, Robert Todd Carroll of the Skeptic's Dictionary argues that that association " is a group of pseudo-skeptical paranormal investigators and supporters who do not appreciate criticism of paranormal studies by truly genuine skeptics and critical thinkers.

Commenting on the same court decision, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich issued a statement in opposition to same-sex marriage, which read, in part, as follows: " Judge Walker's ruling overturning Prop 8 is an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and for the majority of people of the United States who believe marriage is the union of husband and wife ... Congress now has the responsibility to act immediately to reaffirm marriage as a union of one man and one woman as our national policy.

Commenting on that he added that " anarchism or freedom is the aim, while the state and dictatorship is the means, and so, Marxists in order to free the masses, they have first to be enslaved.

Commenting on her critics, she observed, " If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste ," and as to the frankness of her work, she stated, " Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend, and to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass.

Commenting on Bose's " high-end " market positioning among audiophiles ( people concerned with the best possible sound ), a PC Magazine product reviewer stated " not only is Bose equipment's sound quality not up to audiophile standards, but one could buy something that does meet these stringent requirements for the same price or, often, for less.

Commenting on Hofmann's sharp decline, Sergei Rachmaninoff said, " Hofmann is still sky high ... the greatest pianist alive if he is sober and in form.

Commenting on the fragile security situation, Prince Saud noted that: “ One of the most important causes is the continuation of the unresolved conflict as well as the continuation of the Israeli aggression policy against the Palestinians.

Commenting on the fact that contemporary theories about quantum scattering of fundamental particles grew out of application of the quantization procedure to classical fields that satisfy wave equations, Bjorken and Drell pointed out the following facts about such a procedure which are still as relevant today as in 1965: “ The first is that we are led to a theory with differential wave propagation.