Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story.

One should be good to oneself. Especially when one is alone.

I've learned only that you never say never.

I found a little beetle, so that beetle was his name

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America.

I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose.

Artists are prophets. They define the meaning of our lives and point the way.

You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.

Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.