Oh, must we dream our dreams and have them, too?

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'.

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration.

I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?

Sometimes it seemsas though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent enough to let themselves be loved.

All the untidyactivity continues, awful but cheerful.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.

...... I hate biochemistry because there is no chapter on roses.

Ah, you noticed that black sheep on the hills aren't nearly as plentiful as the white. They're a particularly hardy lot.

...insisting that you control the topic of behavioral conversation ensures accountability by students...

When you are not physically starving, you have the luxury to realize psychic and emotional starvation.

Your character is your destiny.

It's just as important to let go and let somebody do what they're best at and other times, I'm very determined to get exactly what I know we need. It's that balance.

I don't wait till stage to use my sexuality. My zipper's down right now. I mean, I use it all the time.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

First they use technology to poison the planet, then they develop it further to escape from the planet they have poisoned.

You are the lei I entwine with the beauty of your smile.