(51 quotes found)
“I can see that "reap" and "deep," "prayers" and "bears," . . . do rhyme, and so I suppose it is a splendid effort, but if you had written it in plain prose, I could have understood it a great deal better and read it a great deal more easily.”
Susan B. Anthony
“Out of us all/ That make rhymes,/ Will you choose/ Sometimes -/ As the winds use/ A crack in a wall/ Or a drain,/ Their joy or their pain/ To whistle through -/ Choose me,/ You English words?”
Edward Thomas
“But who forgives the senior's ceaseless verse, / Whose hairs grow hoary as his rhymes grow worse?”
Lord Byron
“It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement.”
Chris Martin
“My shoe is off my foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.”
Dr. Seuss
“When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.”
Wyclef Jean
“There was some pushing and shoving going on. We believe that Rhymes was there with his bodyguard Mr. Ramirez.”
Ray Kelly
“They also learn through songs, rhymes, and lots of literature. We read many books and introduce kids to a variety of subjects and authors.”
Colette Jenson
“as pared as nursery rhymes.”
Ray Davies
“We have the luxury of being able to show five of their music shows: Life in Rhymes, Two-Dollar Bill, Unplugged, Crossroads and Storytellers .”
George Oliphant