Lemon Andersen Quotes

For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition, and while those things hold weight, it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.

Lemon Andersen

Quotes to Explore

If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.

Garth Nix
- People
- Good
- Love
It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.

Barack Obama
- World
- Today
- Education
On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

Ingmar Bergman
- People
- World
- Great
It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.

Ted Cruz
- Power
- Balance
- Judge
Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.

Barney Oliver
- World
- Energy
- Present
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Poetry
- Poet
- Anything