Simon Armitage Quotes

If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield.

Simon Armitage

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 26, 1963

Topics

PoetryWorldStartYouChoosePlace

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Robert H. Schuller

BetterNothingSomethingThan

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Andy Rooney

DogPetPersonAverageThanNicer

I'm really lucky because I can sleep on planes. I wear an eye mask, I have a book, and I sit down and pass out pretty easily. I know that not everyone can. I think I'm good at it because I travel so much, and for me, being on planes is like a sacred time. It's the only time to zone out and meditate.

Stella Maxwell

GoodTimeTravelSleepMeBook

I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got.

Stan Getz

YouSoundGotBassEvenEra

Every era has its cartoon rich guys, but most of them are actual cartoons - Daddy Warbucks, Scrooge McDuck, C. Montgomery Burns.

Steve Rushin

RichCartoonDaddyCartoonsEra

I really want to face Roman Reigns again.

Shinsuke Nakamura

FaceWantAgainRomanReallyReigns

People say the top part of my face looks like my dad's and the bottom part like my mom's. I have his eyes and her nose and mouth.

River Viiperi

EyesPeopleMomFaceMouthLooks

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

Mo Farah

DayBossMeEnd Of The DayEndAsk

Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression.

Louise Bourgeois

WorkI AmMeNeedRightMarket

Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house.

Lois Lowry

BookHouseTwoBecauseGetDiscover

In many respects, Arizona is a model for the rest of the country on best practices for water management.

Doug Ducey

WaterBestManagementRestCountry

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

Anthony Hopkins

ChildhoodI AmWeekBackDreamGo

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