Rhyming Quotes

74 quotes by 67 authors

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on… — Alfred Austin
Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme. — Francis Beaumont
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. — Hilaire Belloc
Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, who pens a… — Alexander Pope
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming… — Dorothy Fields
A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street… — Isaac Hayes
Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper. — Tom Robbins
I'll sing over some chords, searching, what does [the music] conjure up, where's the melody taking you? I deliberate over the lyrics, I really do.… — Rod Stewart
I'mÂ usually homeboys with the same ni**as I'm rhyming wit/But this is hip-hop and them ni**as should know what time it is/And that goes for… — Kendrick Lamar
Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits. — Christopher Marlowe
A rhyme doesn't make a song. — Dorothy Fields
Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. — Jack Prelutsky
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight… — Joanna Newsom
I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas. — Anne Stevenson
You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no… — Barry McGuire
If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to… — Kevin Eubanks
As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum. — Jean Giraudoux
I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way. — Thom Gunn
The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. — Stephane Mallarme
I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine. — Missy Elliot

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