No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence

Simplicity is efficient.

Life is beautiful for those who can see the beauty in the midst of the ugliness.

The day my son was born my life changed completely.

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.

The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

A man leads with his mind while a woman leads with her heart.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

The standards have sunk so low throughout our culture that who really knows.