I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.

If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

What right does a politician have to tell me what I can and cannot watch? Change the channel if you don't like what's on TV!

Life's hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.

I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.

I should be European. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.

If you're falling off a cliff, you may as well try to fly. You've got nothing to lose.

Africa is being raped mainly by Asia, but the second largest market for dead endangered animals is the US. Most don't know this is happening. I didn't, but once I found out, I had to try and help.

The ordeal is part of the commitment" Esquire Interview 10/10