I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

You can't smear acrylics, you know, it dries too fast.

I came here as a man of visions. I was sent here as a man of visions, like a second Noah. I'm not a Noah but I'm here as a second Noah. I'm here as a red light is in the street.

As for me, I'm just passin' through this planet.

I took the pieces you threw away, put them together by night and day. Washed by the rain. Dried by the sun. A million pieces all in one.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.

My work begun to spread out. And calls to the universities begun to take me out of my garden, you know.

I never met someone I did not love.

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Often morality defines our inner philosophy.

May the New Year bring you new grace, new gladness and new glory.

I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House.

Why am i here? What's my purpose?

Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality.

Since...since when?" I finally managed to ask. "Since...forever." His tone implied the answer was obvious.

I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am.

You couldn't always trust the history books. They told a diluted truth, a truth by committee.

I have teken refuge in the doctrine that advises one not to seek tranquility in certainty but in permanently suspended judgement.