The poet represents the mind in the act of defending us against itself.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

It’s a fool who thinks having a kid is a right, which is the biggest crock of fish heads I’ve ever heard.

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.

It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?

I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.

We're a heart attack away from losing the right to bear arms.

Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?