Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt.

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.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

No aacomplishments are important than self realization of self satisfaction.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

From one seed a whole handful: that was what it meant to say the bounty of the earth.

It is always wonderful to be a curious comet wandering in the galaxy of a good book.

Tell them that everything in their life is going to have to bend to His will. Repent and believe.

In order to get what you want, you must act.

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.