[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead - and so the imagination of the living.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

Vitamin D can be considered as vitamin of "defense" since it cures several diseases.

There's no substitute for imagination, but creativity is only enhanced when forged with life experience.

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.

No man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence!

I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views.

He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.

The scent of the morning is prepared by the night; the scent of the night is prepared by the day; everything helps everything!

There's no greater feeling than moving a man from Point A to Point B, against his will.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.