Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

Art's whatever you choose to frame.

Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.

Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."

There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.

Life in New York is a constant struggle to die of natural causes.

That typically English characteristic for which there is no English name -esprit de corps.

But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty.

Indulgences should never be hesitant.

The trouble with hope is that it only pays off when there's some sense in back of it.

So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men.

Every pint bottle should contain a quart.

What did you do as a child that made that hours pass like minutes? [Herein lies the key to your earthy pursuits.]

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

The law I sign today directs new funds and new focus to the task of collecting vital intelligence on terrorist threats and on weapons of mass production.

If labor mainly, or to any considerable degree, serves the purpose of a police, to keep men out of mischief, it indicates a rottenness at the foundation of our community.

There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.'

Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.

The communists have tried to corrupt our education system. They've tried to corrupt any number of institutions. Why wouldn't they try to corrupt the Catholic Church? It is a big enemy.

And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station