I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationalist.

Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks.

Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea?

Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.

The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only one to fix it is government. They've got a legitimate role.

I live in a neighborhood so bad that you can get shot while getting shot.

It takes a genius to whine appealingly.

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.

Those of us in law enforcement must redouble our efforts to resist bias and prejudice. We must better understand the people we serve and protect - by trying to know, deep in our gut, what it feels like to be a law-abiding young black man walking on the street and encountering law enforcement. We must understand how that young man may see us.

When I look for the next project, it's always about, 'Is it going to push me out of my comfort zone? Am I doing something different? Am I working with people who are passionate about what they're doing?' At the end of the day, if I'm going to be bored on set, then I'm not gonna be happy.

You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You go, 'Man, I have to play a bad character in this.' And then you go, 'Well, do I want to play a bad character and contribute to a good story?'

My dictum has always been: 'This show is happening just here, just tonight, with these people who are in this hall, and nobody knows what's going to happen until it's done.'

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place.

Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

Materialism is a circumference without a centre. Idealism is a centre without a circumference.

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.

You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.

Reason, however able, cool at best, Cares not for service, or but serves when prest, Stays till we call, and then not often near.

I think people are 'just creative,' and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

I love Cate Blanchett. She's extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose.

Skynyrd's not just a band; I think it's a lifestyle. It's iconic.

The old Oriental shamans had a much different view when they recalled the movements of kung fu.