Robert Frost had always said you mustn't think of the last line first, or it's only a fake poem, not a real one. I'm inclined to agree.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves.

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

We must let our every act be out of love, and for the greater good of all.

To understand the future of technology, we need to begin with one fundamental truth: Technology is natural.

The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

Michel Aflaq - is bad poetry wrapped in the guise of utopian politics, or great poetry wrapped in the guise of horrible politics.

Our past affects us, our present affects us, and even our future can affect us. We live in the relative world of time and space.

We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.

The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty.

I offer you what I have my Poverty

Color is a means to exert a direct influence on the soul.

Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.