#hon

I'm an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving, the phone starts ringing and I have dragons to kill of one sort or another. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#arriving #because #begin #bird #dragons

Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#badge #big #big deal #both #conventional

I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#crowd #entertainer #guess #i #i love

I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#christmas #christmas day #day #december #father

I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my honour, so it was rather amusing. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#few #friends #had #honour #husband

It is an honor and a privilege that I am to be the sponsor of the USS Michael Murphy. ↗

— Maureen Murphy

#honor #i #i am #michael #murphy

I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#audience #bring #honest #hopes #i

The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation. And I did it with honor. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#did #future #gave #honor #i

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes. ↗

— George Muller

#counsel #declarations #did #fellow-men #god

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#first #mine #new #piece #play