The history of an art is the history of masterwork, not of failures, or mediocrity.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

When I look at you, you know what I see?"I met her gaze, finding it suddenly hard to breathe."I see the guy who saw me when no one else did, " she said. "That's what matters to me. That's who you are.

Fitness is not an option. It's part of my job.

Worms are the intestines of the earth.

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity

Religion is rarely mentioned in current prime-time dramas or sitcoms that supposedly reflect the way we live now.

I'm not sure if [Hillary Clinton] means it or not. But she says no boots on the ground. She has taken a tremendous - I mean, that's really giving strength to the enemy.

You can’t make a life-altering decision for someone else and expect it to stick.

Because when every day is the End of Days, after a while they feel pretty much like every other day, even though you know that's crazy. And nothing is the same.

When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.

I don't feel like a different person. My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed.