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Robert Frost
Americans are like...
Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him...
A civilized society...
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
Ah, when to...
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a...
A jury is...
A jury is twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Source: In...
Forgive me my...
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk...
College is a...
College is a refuge from hasty judgment.
Source: In Quote, 9 July 61
-- Robert...
A man will...
A man will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body -- the...
All the fun's...
All the fun's in how you say a thing.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
Always fall in...
Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has...
Freud was way...
Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each...
Education doesn't change...
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
All thought is...
All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost...
An idea is...
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.
Source:...
But I have...
But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I...
Friends make pretence...
Friends make pretence of following to the grave
But before one is in it, their minds are turned
And making the...
Education is. ....
Education is. . . hanging around until you've caught on.
Source: In Webster's...
Earth's the right...
Earth's the right place for love;
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
And nothing to...
And nothing to look backward to with pride,
And nothing to look forward to with hope.
I have never...
I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.
Happiness makes up...
Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.
Source: Title of a poem...