Versifying Quotes & Sayings

Well, we never expected this!" they all say. "No one liked her. They all said she was pretentious, awkward, difficult to approach, prickly, too fond of her tales, haughty, prone to versifying, disdainful, cantankerous, and scornful. But when you meet her, she is strangely meek, a completely different person altogether!"
How embarrassing! Do they really look upon me as a dull thing, I wonder? But I am what I am. — Murasaki Shikibu

I'll not be a hypocrite and dispute you over that. It's the custom and culture that up brings us to what's right and what's wrong. It's just easier to follow than to dispute. — Max Connelly

Funny way to spend your life, though, studying another chap's versifying. — A.S. Byatt

If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best. — Neale Donald Walsch

Anybody who has had experience of poetesses knows that they may forgive a punch on the jaw, but never a suggestion that they would be wiser to give up versifying. — Robertson Davies

The energy tasted like books, and I imagined we were still in the semipublic areas. — Kim Harrison

I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease ... — Laetitia Pilkington

I used to build my own PCs ... and actually had one of the first water-cooled, overclocked PCs around. I ran it at over 4Ghz, and this was back in 2001 ... but alas, I do not have the time for that fun anymore. — Brian Krzanich

The golden watch has become the other end of golden handcuffs. We now look at steady jobs as less of a goal and more of a necessary evil. They aren't fun; they simply fund our lives. — Jon Acuff

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me. — Sam Neill

Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing can take a golfer only so far. I've seen thousands of fantastic swings in my day, but that doesn't guarantee anything. — Arnold Palmer

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

She's got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director. — Christopher Hitchens