I gave no prescriptions, And those who have taken my moods for prophecies Mistake the matter.

For people may not know what they think about politics in the Balkans, or the vexed question of men and women, but everyone has a definite opinion about the flavour of shredded coconut.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.

The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks of lovers.

It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle but to make them long for it.

Everywhere I go, it's me and me. Half of me living my life, the other half watching me live it.

God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.

There's a world of difference between, "Look at this mess you made!" and "I don't like to see food on the floor!

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do is destroyed laid waste or eaten within twenty-four hours.

Constancy is the chimera of love.

The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

Now I've wrestled alotta countries!

There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.