The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat. |
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom...in a clarification of life--not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. |
The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to what kind of a day I am going to have. |
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. |
The land was ours before we were the land s. She was our land more than a hundred years before we were her people. |
The land was ours before we were the land's. |
The middle of the road is where the white line is / and that's the worst place to drive. |
The only way around is through. |
The only way round is through. |
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. |
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. |
The snake stood up for evil in the Garden. |
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. |
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. |
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. |