Be a goal-setter, a go-getter, all the while, moving,  in humility and kindness.

Rejection makes you uglier, acceptance makes you, all the more, good-looking!

Focus on no enemies, liberate armies of truth— give berth to your worldview.

My mind is a peaceful poet to itself.

All blame is a poor stance, if you perchance upon it.

What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.

A man who is born to be hanged can never be drowned.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.

I think it's important if you're going to write a cookbook, it should sound like you talking - it should be things you actually believe, otherwise I'm not interested.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him.

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and you really work hard.