No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

Lars von Trier

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.

George Orwell

People can refute your facts, but never your feelings.

Sharon Anthony Bower

Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that.

Rose Schneiderman

It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll do none of them well.

Shaunti Feldhahn

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.

Leo Tolstoy

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

Henri Matisse

The sense that someone else cares always helps, because it is the sense of love

George E. Woodberry

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.

John Updike

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

Daniel Webster

I have read your book and much like it.

Moses Hadas

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

Kenneth Koch