Reciting Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think… — Erica Jong
Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the news had been… — Susan Orlean
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. — Jesse Ventura
Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an… — James Wolcott
Stop," I said. "Please do not further endorken yourself to me. You have great hair and a car that is most fly, and you have… — Christopher Moore
Because, ten-year-olds of the world, you shouldn't believe what your teachers tell you about the beauty and specialness and uniqueness of you. Or, believe it,… — Sloane Crosley
Women don't want all that. Women just want a partner who is considerate and attentive, who will spoon with them while reciting Keats, and feed… — Stephen Colbert
You've got a lifetime to mull over the Buddhist understanding of interconnectedness." He spoke every sentence as if he'd written it down, memorized it, and… — John Green
There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists. — Roberto Bolano
He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O… — Said Nursi
We got quiet. The garden was combing her hair and putting on earrings. The house was full of dancing creatures, not male and female but… — Francesca Lia Block
She killed Lorena in a fight?" Eric's grin grew even broader. He was as proud as if he'd heard his firstborn reciting Shakespeare. — Charlaine Harris
After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise… — Virginia C. Andrews
I was staring to learn how to forget the things that made me sad. It was like a charm you followed step-by-step, collecting and blending… — Francesca Lia Block
Faeries are fallen angels," said Dorothea, "cast down out of heaven for their pride." "That's the legend," Jace said. "It's also said that they're the… — Cassandra Clare
I suppose that now would be the time to ask for forgiveness for all the things I've done, but I'm sure my list would never… — Veronica Roth
In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like that,… — Robert Crumb
The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated… — David Novak
If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be… — Adam Walinsky
At school I was a zero now I'm every boys hero and they fear it. you can hear it when that little fucka's reciting my… — Tyler The Creator

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