And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.

The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous.

You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet

If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield.

We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.

I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn't had enough of Simon Armitage.

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it.

We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly be happy in a shack or within the confines of a prison cell.

Hu-man, Hu-mility, Hu-manity, is a title of nobility of the Perfected One, one who has knowledge of its self, and living its essence

Death is the vehicle God uses to get us from here to where we are going. Before you take that ride, make sure you know in what direction you are heading.

You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time.

Obamacare if failing, we're going to repeal it and we're going to replace it.

The thrill of doing visual effects doesn't exist.

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.

We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.

Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire.