In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.

Life is a rainbow which also includes black.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.

Technical staff were fairly good at estimation but were poor at defending their estimates

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain.

Remember this: one can be a strict logician or grammarian and at the same time full of imagination and music.

Read your own obituary notice; they say you live longer. Gives you second wind. New lease of life.

While wishing a beautiful snowing for the streets of your city, do not forget also to wish a warm house for the homeless!

Im going to go traveling through Europe and see parts of the world I havent seen. Ive spent so much time in America that I want to check out the rest of the world.

I would like marriage to disappear completely from the world, and with marriage, divorce will disappear.

The world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can.