When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.

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.

I’ve already found the right person. I’m just waiting for her to be ready.

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top.

She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.

The real deal is always going to win in the end.

If you can talk the talk but cant walk the walk youll look like a fool. That's the risk but with great risk comes great reward.

Loyalty is earned with friendliness, responsiveness, ease of doing business, fair value, and the good feeling customers get when they call you, visit you, or interact with you.

I'm not a pacifist by any measure, but I'm also fully aware that the reasons I might go to war could be very dubious.

I think my favorite for music and spirit is Ray Gomez.

Gotta start teaching the children that they can be just what they want to be, there's much more to life than poverty.