A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.

It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.

Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer joyous power of song, is the primal thing in poetry.

She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.

I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Pessimism does win us great happy moments.