Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3. The art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock. A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

I am not a teacher. I am an awakener.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye.