When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.