Official Sung Verse

Famous quotes containing the words official, sung and/or verse:

    All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology.
    Roland Barthes (1915–1980)

    I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.
    Henry VIII (1491–1547)

    Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)