A perfect poem is impossible. Once it has been written the world would end.

Love is a universal migraine. A bright stain on the vision, Blotting out reason.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight, The sun will scorch you soon or late, Die wholesome then, since you must fight

I was last in Rome in AD 540 when it was full of Goths and their heavy horses. It has changed a great deal since then.

New beginnings and new shoots Spring again from hidden roots Pull or stab or cut or burn, Love must ever yet return.

What we now call "finance" is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love.

I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now.

The aquatic environment must be safeguarded by men. God created mankind to care for the environment and all the living resources.

Destroy the one who thinks you can be destroyed. You’re invincible. Nothing destroys you. Nothing.

Remembering to be conscious is the beginning of inner peace and freedom.

Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

Some hearts are hidden, some have not a heart.

I've been aware of the time passing by they say in the end it's the wink of an eye and when the morning light comes streaming in you'll get up and do it again

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

User experience is important to strategy.

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.