It may be that the ignorant man, alone, Has any chance to mate his life with life That is the sensual, pearly spouse, the life That is fluent in even the wintriest bronze.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

Writing the record for me - every record is almost a surprise. When people ask me, what are the themes you want to grapple with on this one? I have no idea until the record's finished.

The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing.

Victory lies in not getting defeated.

There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person.

Power is everywhere when you can see it and find it. It is nowhere when you can't.

But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.

Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues.

There would be no need for the women's movement if the church and Bible hadn't abused them