I can quote you lots of chapters in verse from the bible that are terrible for women. But you can use the… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's. — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
I can scarce bring myself to believe, that I am admitted to a familiar correspondence, and all the license of friendship, with… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All through childhood, I wrote verses and mysteries. There is, for me, one connection: structure. My poetry is metrical, rhyming. — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
At Dresden on the Elbe, that handsome city, Where straw hats, verses, and cigars are made, They've built (it well may make… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
A glance at the history of European poetry is enough to inform us that rhyme itself is not indispensable. Latin poetry in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Children should Transcribe favourite Passages. A certain sense of possession and delight may be added to this exercise if children are allowed… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
The modern poet has no essential alliance with regular schemes of any sorts.He reserves the right to adapt his rhythm to his… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
All right, so there he is, our representative to the world, Mr. Western Civilization, in codpiece and pantyhose up there on the… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I went to visit a friend of mine, a writer name Troy Seal, a songwriting fool. He's had a ton of hits.… — Donnie Fritts Copy Share Image
It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
In all the twelve years I was at school no one ever succeeded in making me write a Latin verse or learn… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
That question in marriage is mutual submission, really - the next verse goes on: "husbands love your wife as Christ loves the… — Francis George Copy Share Image
I can cite a chapter and verse of literature at the times saying Italians don't speak our language, these folks coming from… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I fell into writing, I suppose, being one of those awful children who wrote verses. I went to a convent in New… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us to rejoice; With the farming… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody always. Every single verse is very moving, and… — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
Thank God for the battle verses in the Bible. We go into the unknown every day of our lives, and especially every… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
We know that Muhammad waged war against the Qurayshi tribe, his own tribe, and it's from that conflict that much of the… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
The word "Verse" is used here as the term most convenient for expressing, and without pedantry, all that is involved in the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. It is not a uni-verse -- there is… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
“Suppose she denied him then but favored him some other time? Women are weak and easily conquered by flattery. Especially when men… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Among those today who believe that modern poetry must do without rhyme or metre, there is an assumption that the alternative to… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The only way that we can truly have a purpose and an enriching life experience is to do all things in Christ… — Lance Berkman Copy Share Image
It's a bit of the very last verse from Paradiso- Dante's Paradise. 'My will and my desire were turned by love, the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
She's no lady. Her songs are all unbelievably unhappy or lewd. It's called Blues. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
For poetry was all written before time was, and whenever we are so finely organized that we can penetrate into that region… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What I desire of a poem is a clear understanding of motive, and a just evaluation of feeling A poem in the… — Yvor Winters Copy Share Image