Humorous Verse Quotes & Sayings

'Baker Towers' is the book I've always known I would write, but it wasn't an easy book to do. — Jennifer Haigh

Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey. — Dan Millman

He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall
have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and
target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the humorous man shall
end his part in peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose
lungs are tickle o' th' sere; and the lady shall say her mind
freely, or the blank verse shall halt fort. — William Shakespeare

All life is evolving, for evolution is God's law; and man grows slowly and steadily along with the rest. — Charles Webster Leadbeater

Who are we?
What are we?
Why are we?
What is going to become of us?
We may never know
But if you find love,
you don't need answers any more
Love dissolves questions. — Gabriel Iqbal

Cancel me not - for what then shall remain? Abscissas, some mantissas, modules, modes, A root or two, a torus and a node: The inverse of my verse, a null domain. — Stanislaw Lem

I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson. — George Eliot

We should point out that if we feel like we've upset somebody and they're vitriolic, if people are actively pursuing some sort of complaint, then we've done our job. — Jamie Hyneman

If you would have clear and irrefragable for a perpetual joy, a glory and a defense, the unwavering confidence, "I am Thy child," go to God's throne, and lie down at the foot of it, and let the first thought be, "My Father in heaven; " and that will brighten, that will establish, that will make omnipotent in your life, the witness of the Spirit that you are the child of God. — Alexander MacLaren

The pain of being near her and knowing that I can't give in to my feelings for her, is the worst kind of pain I've ever felt. — J.A. Redmerski

Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh, good Lord, the verse you make, It gives a chap the belly-ache. The cow, the old cow, she is dead; It sleeps well the horned head: We poor lads, 'tis our turn now To hear such tunes as killed the cow. Pretty friendship 'tis to rhyme Your friends to death before their time. Moping, melancholy mad: Come, pipe a tune to dance to, lad. — A.E. Housman

Everyone has a little book in them, and in most cases, that is where it should stay. — Christopher Hitchens

Where in the Bible are we told in one verse not to do a thing and in the next to do it?

'Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.' Prov. xxvi. 4.

'Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.' Prov. xxvi. 5. — Samuel Grant Oliphant

you are unimportant to the important! — Eric Jerome Dickey

The past is but the beginning of a beginning. - H. G. Wells, The Discovery of the Future — Laurie R. King

Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe — Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva

I recently bought a book of free verse. For twelve dollars. — George Carlin

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know. — Missy Peregrym

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. — Zhu Rongji