40 quotes
Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment.
"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
Remembrance Rock (1948)
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Incidentals (1904)
Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.
There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.
In Reckless Ecstasy (1904)
The name of an iron man goes round the world.
It takes a long time to forget an iron man.
Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.
I believe in everything — I am only looking for proofs.
Incidentals (1904)
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
"Papa, what is the moon supposed to advertise?"
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Prairie (1918)
The Republic is a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Incidentals (1904)
Man's life? A candle in the wind, hoar-frost on stone.
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
A Dictionary of Literary Quotations (1990)
One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.
Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Time (1977)
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?
Grass (1918)
If she forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.