Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

And the wind upon its way whispered the boughs of May, And touched the nodding peony flowers to bid them waken.

The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so.

The dead...are more real than the living because they are complete.

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.

And when the war is done and youth stone dead, I'd toddle safely home and die--in bed.

Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives.

In me the tiger sniffs the rose.

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.

The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy

The last good time always comes

Our sense of what is valuable will hence be radically distorted if we must perpetually condemn as tedious everything we lack, simply because we lack it.

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!

In New York City, the common bats fly only at twilight. Brick-bats fly at all hours.

I do realize, however, while striving to be your true self to the level I do, there will push back, resistance, and misunderstanding.

His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop him. (on Freddy Adu)

A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.

Patience is emotional diligence.