Only when you are moved by a painting should you buy it. Being moved is what collecting is all about.

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

Accomplish something every day of your life.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way 'round.

Poetry is Life. We experience poetry from the time we awake each morning and inhale that fresh breath of air. You are living poetry. Poetry is not defined by the laws of man. Inspiration is the key.

Above all try something.

Nothing beats a great smile.

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.

The hour-hand of life.

I do my best to love everybody

That's her secret, I suppose. Everything that happens to her she's proud of. She makes it special by it happening to her.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

Egil Olsen should have gone six games ago. He was totally useless. I'd like to give him a right-hander!