A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.

An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.

The relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.

Please subdue the anguish of your soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.

People who don't have stories in their cultures go nuts.