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Adrian Mitchell
9 quotes
“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poems (1964), Preface.
“I was run over by the truth one day. Ever since the accident I've walked this way”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Whom It May Concern", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991)
“You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out, You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue with whisky Stuff my nose with garlic Coat my eyes with butter Fill my ears with silver Stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam.”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Whom It May Concern", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“Lovers lie around in it Broken glass is found in it Grass I like that stuff”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stufferation", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“Here are some happy English soldiers. They are going to make the Irish happy.”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Tourist Guide to England", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“May I borrow your wheelbarrow? — I didn't lay down my life in World War II so that you could borrow my wheelbarrow”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ten Ways to Avoid Lending Your Wheelbarrow to Anybody", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“Now God killed John Lennon and he let Barry Manilow survive, But the good Lord blessed little Adrian Mitchell with the fastest cock alive.”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Adrian Mitchell's Famous Weak Bladder Blues", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“I would have walked on the water But I wasn't fully insured. And the BMA sent a writ my way With the very first leper I cured.”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Liberal Christ Gives a Press Conference", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).
“When I am sad and weary When I think all hope has gone When I walk along High Holborn I think of you with nothing on”
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Celia Celia", from Adrian Mitchell's Greatest Hits (1991).