If we do not learn by heart, the heart does not feel the rhythms of poetry as echoes or variations of its own insistent beat.

I cling to the optimistic belief that the haphazard and the hopscotch, the creature that sips among many flowers, may actually come up with something.

If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.'

The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like to play with you.

Some people have nothing but experience.

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter.

The media is supposed to be custodians of the facts and watchdogs of government. They have, for the most part, neglected to be either of those things.

I've been doing theaters like the Warner for about a year and we've found the earlier you get the tickets on sale the better idea you get on how many shows we will be doing.

To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

If you want to change the world, be that change.

It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering — only expensive — blind, faint-hearted, doubting world.

The best thing about this group of candidates is that only one of them can win.