"Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of"

-- Tom Holt

#Childhood Quotes #Nasty Quotes #Habit Quotes

“Taken as hypotheses, religious claims do very badly. Yet the striking fact is that this does not worry Christians.”
“You set fire to my house, killed my family, and ate my dog. But steal my boyfriend? That's a step too far.”
“Shinji is a quality player but he is not the only one who is finding it hard to get regular football. There are many top players in the squad and there is plenty of competition.”
“Both in verse and in prose [Karl] Shapiro loves, partly out of indignation and partly out of sheer mischievousness, to tell the naked truths or half-truths or quarter-truths that will make anybody's hair stand on end; he is always crying: "But he hasn't any clothes on!" about an emperor who is half the time surprisingly well-dressed.”
“I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.”
“There are bad types and good types, and the whole science and art of typography begins after the first category has been set aside.”
“And I love writing. I've always loved writing.”
“My biggest thing is I need to see a lot of pitches, which I did today. That's good. The more pitches you see, the better your timing is going to be. But it's going to be impossible to see enough pitches. No matter how many pitches you see, it's still going to be March 6.”

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