I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated. Use this quote
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little. Use this quote
If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. Use this quote
Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam. Use this quote
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry. Use this quote
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. Use this quote
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. Use this quote
I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. Use this quote
Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow. Use this quote
I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings. Use this quote
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. Use this quote
Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. Use this quote
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money. Use this quote
My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays. Use this quote
I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. Use this quote
Poetry remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. Use this quote
I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. Use this quote
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. Use this quote
Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake. Use this quote
After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past. Use this quote
