Brian Patten Quotes

#1. On sighting mathematicians poetry should unhook the algebra from their minds and replace it with poetry; on sighting poets it should unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra.

Brian Patten

#2. Death is the only grammatically correct full stop.

Brian Patten

#3. When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.

Brian Patten

#4. If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#5. The universe is a giant mind. Some people have the ability to tap into that mind, we call them psychic. Others don't, we call them dull ... but they have potential.

Frederick Lenz

#6. You should be out stirring up trouble with your friends, not bothering with all them books you read. You know it's them books what make you talk funny.

Lauren Myracle

#7. And you're staying with me. I'm looking forward to it. I don't spend much time with women. I much prefer the company of men."
"I don't have many women friends, either. Less drama, more cock. I get it.

Tiffany Reisz

#8. Through silence only the good messages go unheard.

Brian Patten

#9. The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.

Brian Patten

#10. Dreams larger
than ourselves we killed, not wanting
our smallness measured against them."
(poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)

Brian Patten

#11. The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.

Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib

#12. I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

Billy Martin