Interest Quote by John Betjeman

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

— Chet Atkins

“I ought to warn you, dear, he can get rather wild when he’s hungry”

— Wilkie martin

One mark of good verse is surprise

— John Betjeman

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

— Alexander Pope

Being an art form, verse cannot be "free" in the sense of having no limitations or guiding principle.

— William Carlos Williams

Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.

— Mark Batterson

As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There's…

— Ezra Pound

Rhime being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age,…

— John Milton

I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.

— David Ives

I then carefully searched through the pages until I was able to find the verse that was crystal clear... It read: "Rejoice always."

— Mary C. Neal

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.

— Louise Bogan

Writing fiction, for me, is a more indirect form of self-exploration than writing verse. When I'm working on a novel I'm moving characters around…

— Nick Laird