The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it.

Wislawa Szymborska

Dementia was like a truth serum.

Amy Tan

Thought is made in the mouth.

Tristan Tzara

I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence.

Vernor Vinge

A small profit it better than a big loss

Ron Rash

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Peace Pilgrim

It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.

Vaclav Havel

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

You know me, Esme. I couldn't subtract a fart from a plate of beans.

Terry Pratchett

The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.

Andy Stern

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

Randy Quaid