Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.

How to sustain the miracle Of being, that like a muted bell, Or like some ocean-breathing shell, Quivers, intense and still?

Music proposes. Sound disposes.

History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.

There is no end to grief. Nor no end to poetry.

The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so.

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality.

It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.

What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

Effectively, the EU is a very powerful bureaucracy, dominated now by the German elite, which is backed by the rest of the European Union members.

Don't try to make comparisons between your own pictures. Forget what you have done and think only of making the best of what you are doing.