All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

For people may not know what they think about politics in the Balkans, or the vexed question of men and women, but everyone has a definite opinion about the flavour of shredded coconut.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.

The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks of lovers.

It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.

I gave no prescriptions, And those who have taken my moods for prophecies Mistake the matter.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle but to make them long for it.

Note to the wise: whenever someone insists that he wants to buy something from you, but tells you there’s no real value in it yet, two things are happening: he’s lying, and you’re being taken.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

Jonas. Their rock. Shattered into so many shards. Holding himself together through the sheer force of will.

When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales,' they don't necessarily think of chairs.

You have to be really comfortable in your skin. You have to start with being in love with you are, with who you've become.

I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.

It is the stars, it is the ancient stars, it is the young and everlasting stars!