Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.

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.

Instead of making decisions based on safety, security, or practicality, the Soul wants us to live our lives according to what we find to be most beautiful.

Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later.

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

Common sense is in spite of, not because of age.

Girls throw their panties on the stage, but rarely if ever do they fit.

The climb will go. Get rid of the rope. It's only distracting you.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.

I started resenting how much art robs from life. I'd go to a party and I couldn't enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going to reinvent the experience into a piece of art.

Never be shamed of being Afrikan