Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you

It was stupid not to let MacArthur finish off those rice eaters. Push 'em back.

Human beings are wired to be more reactive to threats than to rewards.

Mr. Barnes, it is because I have lived very much that now I can enjoy everything so well

Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk

If I have even just a little sense, I will walk on the main road and my only fear will be of straying from it. Keeping to the main road is easy, But people love to be sidetracked.

Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.

Usually when you do shows you're in the middle of the tour and you're all oiled up and it's just another stop. It's so much pressure for just three minutes. My stomach still hurts.

I started acting as a kid and doing advertising campaigns. I was probably 8 years old, and I really liked the attention.