"There are two kinds of teachers: those who fill you with so much that you can't move, and those who give you just a little prod that sets you off in the right direction."

"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

"Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things."

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."

"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense."