Most women loathe limericks, for the same reason that calves hate cookbooks. — Gershon Legman Copy Share Image
“There are no good tights, Rare they are, a rare sight. You roll and roll Inside a new hole, They´re only good… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“Although life is hard in pace Lose not thy calm and grace. If thee are not tender Vow not to surrender Eternity… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“Go walk barefoot on the grass Really flow, just let it pass... And dance in the wind, So do it in your… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“I'm in New York, land of the free and home of the brave, but I'm supposed to behave as if I were… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“God knows, but that boy is so lazy, if there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the floor...” — Faith Hogan Copy Share Image
“Blessed be, it's finally Spring. In joy and delight the birds sing, Ravished upon the entire earth, The new rebirth, Helas, the… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
In Limerick, a family that was dysfunctional was one who could afford to drink but didn't. — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
One day we were in Limerick... and then, a few weeks later, we were being flown around to play. When we started,… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
“Silent our body is a sacred temple, A place to connect with other people. Can't we just stay any younger? Really, we… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“There was a young girl named Ratchet. She had skill and no one could match it. She wanted to be More stylish… — Nancy J. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
I think the language as spoken in Limerick and Cork has not really been written; 'City of Bohane' is a combination of… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“The naive ambition when unexpressed, is like a confession regressed, as of a Failure in 'Failure Thwarting' awaiting success to come out… — Priyavrat Thareja Copy Share Image
Mia Maz glanced aside in concern at his muffled snort. "Are you all right?" "Yes. Sorry," he whispered. "I'm just having an… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Pat Fox out to the forty(yard line) and grabs the sliothar(ball), I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns… — Micheal O Muircheartaigh Copy Share Image
In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are… — Bill Barich Copy Share Image
I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Buddy Hackett [was] talking - this is Hackett, not me - about the Virgin Mary, a limerick sort of thing, and all… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
At one o’clock, the ever-logical Right-Eye Grand Steward woke up to discover that during his sleep his left-eyed counterpart had executed three… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“The Final Word by Stewart Stafford On the wall of a prominent jacks, Came anonymous, scurrilous attacks, Innuendo and defamatory jibes, Scrawled… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
If Jonah had gone to Yale...Instead of the gut of a whale...He'd have a diploma...A better aroma...And a nice little condo in… — MJ McGuire Copy Share Image
The part of Limerick we lived in is Georgian, you know, those Georgian houses. You see them in pictures of Dublin. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I was a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Limerick city, and I used to cover the district court meetings. All… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“There was once an old but clever donkey, who never liked the sting of any bee, Nor for all the Slung mud,… — Priyavrat Thareja Copy Share Image
A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“Seven Ages: first puking and mewling Then very pissed-off with your schooling Then fucks, and then fights Next judging chaps' rights Then… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
“The coveted Concept of Deemed, Is certainly not easy as it ever seemed Because it is all mandatory to Accept, No Exceptions… — Priyavrat Thareja Copy Share Image
There were a number of houses. When we first arrived in Limerick, it was a one-room affair with most of it taken… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Limericks don't come from Limerick. But it comes from that between the verses when they used to have those competitions that they… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
“There was a young lady called Peaches, who simply loved animals to pieces. She ate pigs and sheep, and for cows she… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
“9 August 1972 [Larkin’s 50th BD] 32 Pearson Park, Hull Dearest, [...] I had a card from a complete stranger enclosing a… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
There were a few people who got jobs in Limerick, a big barrel on wheels, and it was a barrel that went… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
![“Buddy Hackett [was] talking - this is Hackett, not me - about the Virgin Mary, a limerick sort of thing, and all these children and families ... the look of absolute horror. He's going on and on and on, and finally he stops. It's just total horror, and the camera's still rolling. You can hear it…” quote by Bill Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/685/bill-murray-1709_absolutes_buddy-hackett-was-talking-this-is-hacket_1301273.jpg)
![“9 August 1972 [Larkin’s 50th BD] 32 Pearson Park, Hull Dearest, [...] I had a card from a complete stranger enclosing a limerick: There was a young [thanks] fellow of Hull Who found life distressingly dull He sat on the quay And stared out to sea Crying ‘O for the wings of a gull!’ Not bad.” quote by Philip Larkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/04c/philip-larkin-1822_birthday_9-august-1972-larkin-s-50th-bd-32-pearso_3220858.jpg)
