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I intended an Ode, / And it turned to a Sonnet.

Austin Dobson

Yeah, that's right; they were together. Someone put it very distinctly once to me when they thought Brando was the force, in a way, and the genius, and James Dean was kind of a sonnet, you know? And to describe Jimmy Dean as a sonnet — I feel it's really accurate.

Al Pacino

I thought I'd begin by reading a sonnet by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.

Spike Milligan

A sonnet is a moment's monument, -/ Memorial from the Soul's eternity/ To one dead deathless hour.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Art and music are an integral part of learning. You can't study English literature and poetry without learning a Shakespeare sonnet.

William Ferguson

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

Tallulah Bankhead

It was a serious sonnet to a girl and the guy was actually interested in her and hadn't told her yet. It was kind of cool to be the vehicle of that expression.

Megan Smith