Andrew Motion Quotes

Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 26, 1952

Topics

WifeGetting OlderRootsDoingBack

The album's not dead for me; I still buy vinyl albums.

Jimmy Page

MeDeadVinylBuyStillAlbum

You see some of these guys that lead in sacks every year, but they only play on third down or only play in certain situations.

Andrew Whitworth

YearYouDownPlayLeadSee

The game of football has been like my best friend.

Robert Mathis

FriendBestFootballGameBeenLike

We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free.

John Walters

TeenGrowHealthyGrow UpUpSure

Last night I neglected to mention something that bears repeating.

Ron Fairly

NightLast NightSomethingLast

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.

Mike DeWine

FindTextingSomethingFineKids

Usually what goes through my mind before I hit the tweet button is, did I misspell or mis-grammatize anything, but also, is this worth polluting the interwebs with for posterity?

Don Willett

MindWorthThroughAnythingHitDid

That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons.

Don Yaeger

SuccessGreatTimeBaseballWorld

I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.

Anne Robinson

MeAmericaLadyMeanKnewConquered

I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.

Susan Orlean

LoveWritingPiecesReportingI Love

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

Twyla Tharp

LifeGreatMyselfChallengeGift

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

Thomas Huxley

BestMenCommitMakeWhoSimply

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