I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say…

We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.

— Frank Herbert

I tend to like to move on. I don't sit around and dwell on things much.

— Billy Bob Thornton

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

— Thomas S. Monson

I tend to like dry humor.

— Dan Scanlon

“You tend to become like the people and ideas you hang around with.”

— Victory Crayne

When people are like each other they tend to like each other.

— Tony Robbins

I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own.

— Leonor Varela

Choose your friends carefully, for you will tend to be like them and be found where they choose to go.

— Thomas S. Monson

Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made…

— Rae Armantrout

“The world, once flat to his eyes, now bristled with edges and textures. He saw the tiny grooves of petals and leaves, like fingerprints,…

— Remy Wilkins

Like most of my poems, 'Lie' has several sources: I read a very troubling book called The Sixth Extinction. I took note of the…

— Rae Armantrout

I like poems that are complex.

— Peter Davison

... mathematics is very much like poetry ... what makes a good poem -- a great poem -- is that there is a large…

— Lipman Bers

If you can find two poems in a book, it could be a pretty good book for you. You know, two poems you really…

— Ted Kooser

“…girls were like poems: weird, incomprehensible and boring, but those “in the know” assured me that they were beautiful.”

— Jake Vander Ark