I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.

Facing the backside of the future is the only way to move forward

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Girls don't think boys' games are too hard, they think they are stupid.

It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

I really do enjoy accompanying people - it's a challenge and a joy when you get it right.

I'm 61 years old. I'm not that fearful of the future, period. I'm not going to see that much of it.

Let your smile change the world! Never let the world change your smile!