Poetry gives most pleasure when only generally and not perfectly understood.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.

I'm not stupid... I'm just too lazy to show you the extend of my knowledge!

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should be skeptical.

When I started doing magic as a kid, my parents had no problem.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

I am not a scientist, but I don't need to be.

I see the things and people and events in my daily world as an endless succession of paintings.

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.