A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

The future is always beginning now.

We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.

If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

Once you start describing nothingness, you end up with somethingness.

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.

Poems not only demand patience, they demand a kind of surrender. You must give yourself up to them. This is the real food for a poet: other poems, not meat loaf.

I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference.

The struggle is beautiful.

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

The hardest part of living is loving 'Cause loving turns to leaving every time And the hardest part of leaving is living Life is hard when love is so unkind

It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game.

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Great minds think alike.

As a believer and a child of the King, to consider casting a vote for someone or for something that would go against what God would vote for ought to be out of the question.