For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping may something have been left, Which must die now.

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

All a poet can do today is warn.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.

Beauty is a sign of intelligence.

But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don’t you think?

If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it.

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.

I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash.

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.

It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness .