I close my eyes, and think of water.

Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.

Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota

Someone like you makes the sun shine brighter. Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile. Someone like you makes my troubles much lighter. Someone like you make life seem worthwhile.

They can buy whatever brand they want. We will supply the finance.

I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.

If you want to change the world, first change yourself.

First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.

Leave a kiss in my glass I won't ask for wine

I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.

Wherefore a good name is better than riches.

Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

've had notebooks, but they are nondescript. All I care about is that they fit in my hand. I scribble down ideas. The problem is my best ideas come while I'm driving or showering.

They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about.

In the fall term of 1933-34 I was on my family farm in Maine.

Once the working classes were in chains, now they're in chain restaurants.