Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws.

If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

If we must die, O let us nobly die.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

Be annoyed and sin not" ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?

I find that fashion recently has been a little too hasty. Often times, it's put together quickly to catch the attention of the media, and I didn't want to do that.

I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.

If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government.

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.

The drunken man is a living corpse.

The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.