Rhymes Quotes

167 Rhymes quotes by 131 unique authors

No more rhymes now I mean it!” “Anybody want a peanut?” “AAHH! — William Goldman
There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song – if you… — Vladimir Mayakovsky
Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language… — George Orwell
Mama, Mama, help me get home I'm out in the woods, I am out on my own. I found me a werewolf, a nasty old… — Lauren Oliver
...these poets here, you see, they are not of this world:let them live their strange life; let them be cold and hungry, let them run,… — Arthur Rimbaud
You're Bes, I guess?" I said. "Yes," he said. "Your car's a mess," Liz muttered. "If one more person rhymes," Emma grumbled, "I'll throw up. — Rick Riordan
There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the… — Oliver Sacks
Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon. — Langston Hughes
No sooner had I stepp'd into these pleasures Than I began to think of rhymes and measures: The air that floated by me seem'd to… — John Keats
I would read the Shel Silverstein poems, Dr. Seuss, and I noticed early on that poetry was something that just stuck in my head and… — Taylor Swift
My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. — Lord Byron
When you step outside of school and have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely… — Jay-Z
And I'd marry you, Harry. Because it rhymes. — Louis Tomlinson
Theodor Geisel (otherwise known as Dr. Seuss) spent his workdays ensconced in his private studio, the walls lined with sketches and drawings, in a bell-tower… — Susan Cain
The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. — Mark Twain
History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes. — Mark Twain
Growing up with a name that rhymes with turkey - and jerky - was no great fun. But, as an adult, I tell you, being… — Clay Shirky
I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored… — Italo Calvino
I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in… — Taylor Swift
In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B. — Bobby Moynihan
My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had no interest in writing whatsoever. — Alan Garner
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. Its transmission today is still in part oral, because… — James Fenton
LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at… — Ambrose Bierce
The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoesand shipsand sealing-wax Of cabbagesand kings And why the sea is boiling… — Lewis Carroll

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