We haven't come a long way, we've come a short way. If we hadn't come a short way, no one would be calling us baby.

If there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, there is nothing more ubiquitously pervasive than an idea whose time won't go.

Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.

we expect definitions to tell us not only what is, but what to do about it; to show us how the world fits together and how its different parts connect and work. ... A label is the first step toward action.

Unless I am what I am and feel what I feel - as hard as I can and as honestly and truly as I can - then I am nothing. Let me feel guilty ... don't try to educate me ... don't protect me.

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.