For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Pound had argued - and Eliot had helped him prove - that a poem could be sustained by memorable moments. Olson proved that it could be sustained by unmemorable ones, provided that the texture of the accumulated jottings avoided the sound of failed poetry.
We do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments: love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds.
God is love, but get it in writing.
The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.
The Lourie Center. . . is a national pioneer in developing and applying early intervention techniques to diagnose and treat emotional and developmental problems in young children.
I'm always amazed by people like David Simon or the people at The Simpsons or J. K. Rowling who can create dozens and dozens of memorable characters. It seems so effortless, and even people who have just three lines in the shows or in the book have a very distinct personality, and you can feel the richness of their personal history.
Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
In regard to dogs, my most memorable thoughts concern my daughter's dog and her fondness for them. In fact, one day while working at the office, she hosted a birthday party for one of her Newfoundlands and the party was attended by dogs of other coworkers. It was a hectic few hours, but I believe the guests enjoyed themselves.
You ever tasted a smell? It's a very strange feeling. I've done it quite a few times and it still freaks me out.
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.
It was always a thrill for me, getting out of the cocoon and wandering. I'd let the wind wrap around me like fire and slip into the unknown with a moment's hesitation.
How use doth breed a habit in a man.
I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit.
Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most clearly recalled. One man remembers the combustible properties of a substance, which to another is memorable for its polarising property; to one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.
This week I've travelled more than 15,000 miles from America to China to Burma to Australia. I have no idea what time it is right now.