A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Good work, like good talk or any other form of worthwhile human relationship, depends upon being able to assume an extended shared world.

The emergency of women is the emergency of the world.

Since the teachers weren't picking, I ended up with a boy with bad body odour. 'You should wear deodorant, ' I said to him. 'And you should shut your trap, ' he replied.

What day is it?” It’s today, squeaked Piglet. My favorite day, said Pooh.

They love him most for the enemies that he has made.

No one is going to understand your brand better than you.

The mind is "ashamed" of the blood. And the blood is destroyed by the mind, actually. Hence palefaces.

We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Was it for this the clay grew tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?