Andrew Motion Quotes

Poetry is at the centre of my life, too, emotionally speaking, and intellectually speaking - it's just that I'm one of those people who enjoy doing other stuff as well.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifePoetryPeopleMy LifeDoing

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

Matt Roper

HopeBeautifulMeVintageHellLong

I just have a relationship with my imagination. It's like my friend, almost.

Steven Wright

FriendRelationshipImaginationJust

The more we thought, the more they all sounded boring compared to Apple. You didn't have to have a real specific reason for choosing a name when you were a little tiny company of two people; you choose any name you want.

Steve Wozniak

PeopleThoughtNameYouChooseWant

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.

Simon Wiesenthal

PeopleEndYouNeverNakedBecause

Normally, I never dress up.

Roberto Cavalli

DressNeverUpNormally

I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

Rufus Sewell

ImaginationDecisionsComedyWho

Put the kids in a cool bath, then get them to bed, then light a candle. Do whatever you need to do to ease your troubled mind.

Delilah

LightCandleMindCoolYouBath

I have tremendous admiration for companies with the kind of pioneering spirit and innovation eBay has demonstrated from day one.

Bonnie Hammer

InnovationDayKindSpiritDay One

Fleabag knows men and women are equal and should be treated as such, but what she's confused about - and what I was confused about - was the idea that wanting bigger boobs doesn't mean you don't want equal rights.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

WomenMenConfusedYouWantShe

I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world.

Priyanka Chopra

ConfidenceMyselfWalkDeathPeople

The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep.

Susan Orlean

MorningSleepI AmTiredWake UpGo

Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny.

Seth MacFarlane

FunnyReadHeCouldChris

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Andrew Motion