I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

Your life has intrinsic value, not simply because of who you are as an individual, but because of who He is as your God.

Before you can change your life for the better, change your thoughts for the better.

Remember, however bad thingsmight be right now, this momentwill pass and your life will continueto be a good one.

Never pursue happiness, just create it inside you.

The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.

A lot of the really great stuff fell between the tracks.

'Battlefield' was one of those slow-building songs, the way 'Tattoo' was. It was kind of a word-of-mouth hit. The more people heard it, the more they started requesting it on the radio.

The way I look is part of it. It sounds affected but I do see myself as a piece of living art.

The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. And it could all begin today.