Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

To be happy--one must find one's bliss

Religion is the subjective experience. Science is the objective reality. To argue either is a ridiculous waste of time and energy.

I didn't intend to go in that direction but strange things happen when the lights go out.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also.

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

Food is not the problem. It's what we do with food that becomes the problem. That's why we need to learn to keep everything in our lives - especially our eating - in proper balance.

The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It's time to change. It's time to live life at a new level.