The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle but to make them long for it.

For people may not know what they think about politics in the Balkans, or the vexed question of men and women, but everyone has a definite opinion about the flavour of shredded coconut.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.

The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks of lovers.

It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.

I gave no prescriptions, And those who have taken my moods for prophecies Mistake the matter.

Never chase a person that doesn't know your worth because the moment you catch him you will always feel you were never good enough.

When I stand and contemplate my fate and see the path along which you have led me, what's the rest of it?

I like the fact that people are surprised by my age. I like the fact that I get carded.

Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

I don't mind how many letters I receive from one who interests me as much as you do. The receptive part of correspondence I can carry on with much alacrity. It is writing answers that I groan over.

People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die.

Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.

When we are not realized, we are moving on the periphery, like a wheel and we are disturbed. But a realized soul is on the axis, which is silent. So he has the peace within himself.

Just be comfortable in your own skin. And that's how you can be the sexiest woman that you can possibly be.

People have started wasting fashion