Poems List

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

There are too many people, and too few human beings.

An ambassador is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country; a news-writer is a man without virtue who lies at home for himself.

Women remember the first kiss, men remember the last.

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said.

All dogmas perish the thinking mind, especially ones you agree with.

I try to know what I need to know. I make sure to know what I want to know.

Life is too short to be sensible.

The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less.

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you get all wet.

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.

Only the madman is absolutely sure.

Take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints.

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.

Never be afraid to try something new remember amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.

Belief is the death of intelligence.

I am into parallel monogamy.

Great minds think independently, not alike.

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.

The Berlin Wall is the defining achievement of socialism.

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?