Random Inspirational Quotes

"Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give."

"Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding."

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."

"Aim higher in case you fall short."

"You do not give your precious body to the billy clubs of Birmingham sheriffs, nor to the insidious activity of the streets."

"There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still;So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will.They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb the mountain's crest; Their's is the curse of the gypsy blood, And they don't know how to rest."

"We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams."

"A Matter of Perspective I see rain dancing on the stage of the pond.Fish see heaven throwing a thousand kisses.My wife see a drizzle of olive oil on a pot of spaghetti. The scientist sees condensation and precipitation.The rain sees reincarnation.A poet see them all in permutation."

"I had to hand it to him, leaving the empty glove lying on the bed was an apt metaphor for love. Two things I can say about my grandpa are that he is wise, and his left hand is probably cold."

"I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?"

"Obscure Poetry Obscurity does not make a poem better or deeper.It simply makes it obscure."

"Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one"

"It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work."

"You tell me you love me, but I’m not sure you know what love is, or how fast it flies, or how much it resembles a UFO, or what kind of weapon you’d use to shoot it down."

"But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills,And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me,And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’dTo dwell in presence of immortal youth,Immortal age beside immortal youth,And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus"

"Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence."

"I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right."