And once I knew a meditative rose That never raised its head from bowing down, Yet drew its inspiration from the stars. It bloomed and faded here beside the road, And, being a poet, wrote on empty air With fragrance all the beauty of its soul.
You can get old pretty young if you don't take care of yourself.
If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.
I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.
A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom.