Baudelaire Quote by Mark Forsyth

“Every dictionary contains a world. I open a book of thieves’ slang from Queen Anne’s reign and they have a hundred words for swords,…

— Mark Forsyth

“Pot itself has nothing to do with pots and pans, but comes from the Mexican-Spanish word potiguaya, which means marijuana leaves. And marijuana is…

— Mark Forsyth

“I had to go outside. I had to let the element of chance in.”

— Mark Forsyth

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.

— Mark Forsyth

Poetry is much more important than the truth, and, if you don't believe that, try using the two methods to get laid.

— Mark Forsyth

“Wouldst like to con a glimmer with me this early black?’, which he [Cab Calloway] helpfully explains as ‘the proper way to ask a…

— Mark Forsyth

“Love is nothing because those who do something for the love of it do it for nothing.”

— Mark Forsyth

“Wamblecropt is the most exquisite word in the English language. Say it. Each syllable is intolerably beautiful.”

— Mark Forsyth

“Shakespeare was not a genius. He was, without the distant shadow of a doubt, the most wonderful writer who ever breathed. But not a…

— Mark Forsyth

“The glamour's off. Almost any question you ask can be answered. It's only the questions that you didn't know to ask that remain, dancing…

— Mark Forsyth

“There's always a strange feeling you get when you come across one particular line by chance. It feels somehow significant. That's irrational of course,…

— Mark Forsyth

“Oxygen was called flammable air for a while, but it didn't catch on.”

— Mark Forsyth