Def Poetry Quotes

#1. Hey, you called me Sam. My actual name. Not Master or dumbass - "
"I have never in my life called anyone dumbass."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Now, focus.

Lish McBride

#2. I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn't have it growing up.

Drew Barrymore

#3. The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

Luke Evans

#4. We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun.
We are not afraid of the darkness.
We trust that the moon shall guide us.
We are determining the future at this very moment.
We know that the heart is the philosopher's stone.
Our music is our alchemy.

Saul Williams

#5. I think I like you," he said as he turned and moved to sit in the chair across from her.
"What a beautiful thing to say to the woman you're trying to seduce.

Paloma Beck

#6. I look over to make sure he's all right. He's panting for air and staring right at me with a look so intense it makes me squirm.

Susan Ee

#7. What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

Plato

#8. The 60s will be remembered for The Beatles, Andy Warhol and Me!

Jacqueline Susann

#9. A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

Christian Bale

#10. What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

Sherry Turkle

#11. Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

W. H. Auden

#12. Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

Robert Harris

#13. The fact that I'm very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It's nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.

Kate Bosworth

#14. There, he said. You see? You see how this is bad for one's billiard game? This thinking? The French have come into my house to mutilate my billiard game. No evil is beyond them.

Cormac McCarthy

#15. be wary
of the boys who
only ever tell
half-thruths
because they
will only ever be
half in love
with you

-slay those dragons

Amanda Lovelace

#16. I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

Mos Def

#17. One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.

Magnus Carlsen