Andrew Motion Quotes

I think it is interesting to think about the absolute animal relish young people have for rhythm and rhyme.

Andrew Motion

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AnimalPeopleThinkInteresting

We will, as Americans, inhale another culture on a fork before we try their music or their art or even, God forbid, hang out with the actual people.

Andrew Zimmern

MusicGodArtCulturePeopleTry

'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' was the work of a wayward imagination brought to the end of its tether by political disgust and personal confusion.

John le Carre

WorkImaginationColdEndPolitical

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

PeaceSayingChanceGive

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

Matthieu Ricard

PeaceMindNegativePeace Of Mind

Never argue with a profit.

Jeff Rich

BusinessProfitNeverArgue

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

Steve Carell

FunnySomeoneYouPersonKnowElse

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

Lisa Scottoline

WritingThinkMortgageStillDrew

I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.

Jason Biggs

WaitingBookPieJokeOriginal

When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage.

Colin Mochrie

LifeWorkTrustControlWorldKnow

I don't want to continue to fund Obamacare.

Phil Gingrey

WantContinueObamacareFund

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Thomas Jefferson

MenDownMeetingWillNeverQuarrel

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.

Nicolas Cage

I AmWantSharkDenverPlayingAcid

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