The American idiom has much to offer us that the English language has never heard of

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

Loyalty is a continuous phenomenon, you don't score points for past action,

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

I have never compromised on fundamentals. I've always believed in focusing on creating value and not valuation.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?

Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.

You should be able to use your intellect and not to be dominated by your intellect.

No government can act in advance of the moral will of the people.

Love stories that are too simple don't deserve to have films made about them.

The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.