... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

My time has not yet come.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

The trees which are pruned, watered and nurtured by caring hands bear the greatest fruits; it is the same with people.

I'm saying we need to be aware of it, and we need to be able to distinguish when political developments are occurring that are contrary to the public interest.

Just concentrate on what you're supposed to do

We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Every jack has his jill; if only they can find each other.

A leader must have knowledge. A leader must be able to teach.