To do a poem justice, explain what makes it unique; to get a poem noticed, explain what makes it typical.

One chance, One life. Make it or screw it up, it's your choice. Don't wait to long or your time will be up.

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

I hope to see the very concept of Jewry completely obliterated.

I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge.

Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.