He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

Clifton Fadiman

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.

George Bancroft

We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned.

James Buchan

Those are dead even for this life who hope for no other.

Johann von Goethe

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.

Harold Rosenberg

No test tube can breed love and affection. No frozen packet of semen ever read a story to a sleepy child.

Shirley Williams

There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.

Johnson

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Steven Wright

When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.

Tavis Smiley

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

Terry Pratchett

Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice.

Philip Levine

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare