Who turns away from gazing at the sun Sees its dusk images fill all the air. It is not otherwise when Hope is done: Her darkling phantoms make the heaven of Despair.

I gave thee what could not be heard What had not been given before The beat of my heart I gave !

The god of music dwelleth out of doors.

I follow my law and fulfil it all duly and look! when your doubt runneth high North points to the needle!

Treasure the shadow. ... There are no shadows save from substance cast.

To Death I yield, but not to Doubt, who slays before!

The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.

To Death I yield but not to Doubt who slays before!

What mighty battles have I seen and heard waged between the trees and the west wind - an Iliad fought in the fields of air.

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.

My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They're still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.

A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities.

More women are becoming the men they wanted to marry, but too few men are becoming the women they wanted to marry. That leaves most women with two jobs, one outside the home and one in it.

Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

David will never go to space again. I'm glad.What did it gain the McQuarries? What has it ever gained men? Have men ever brought back more happiness from the stars? Will they ever?

I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.

Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret of being an out-and-out unbeliever.

America just works better when more people have a chance to live their dreams.