I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.

The old Lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

All a poet can do today is warn.

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.

No-man's land under snow is like the face of the moon: chaotic, crater ridden, uninhabitable, awful, the abode of madness.

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

I, too, saw God through mud - The mud that cracked on cheeks when wretches smiled. War brought more glory to their eyes than blood, And gave their laughs more glee than shakes a child.

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want.

Good talent needs a showcase to prove its worth.There are many cases across the world across arts where good and talented artists have disappeared bcz no one saw them.

Your heart has a powerful little antenna and its vibrations can be felt throughout the universe.

Positive results will come when you start to replace your negative thoughts and habits with positive ones.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

I look for people who have a slightly different perspective and are trying to move the needle a little bit and push boundaries.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.

Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.

I'm always in range of a microphone. I even have a studio at home.