If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'

I cling to the optimistic belief that the haphazard and the hopscotch, the creature that sips among many flowers, may actually come up with something.

If we do not learn by heart, the heart does not feel the rhythms of poetry as echoes or variations of its own insistent beat.

People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle

The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we're all gonna get ugly.

Do us all a favor and toss your mouth overboard.

If you reach for the stars you may find yourself touching the sky.

You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

What will you do with them?" "Redo them in charcoal, probably." "And then?" "Tack them to my bedroom wall." Bedroom wall? "Who wouldn't want to wake up to this?

Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage.

I want to be a major force.