The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.

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.

Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women

Moral’ means one is free to enjoy only the things that belong to him and those he receives naturally and spontaneously. That is the ultimate meaning of morality.

The only thing more fragile than life is the living we take for granted.

Words that are spoken are not TRUE, Feelings alone speak the TRUTH.

I don't know that I'm gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't. And if I don't, do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me?

Only a well-fed, well-housed, well-schooled people can enjoy the blessings of liberty.

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

When you’re in love, it’s not just about the messing around in the sack, it’s about how empty you feel when they’re gone.

People think other things are more important than prayer, but they are mistaken.