Do I catch flak because I'm so much smarter than everyone else? I don't know.
In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings.
Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.
When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax.
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.
Whether you're a believer or not, a flawed biblical epic is going to be more entertaining than a remake of a Paul Verhoeven movie or some third-rate sci-fi flick.
No aeroplane you've ever gotten into had less than thousands of flights before they took their first passenger. Because vehicles are unsafe at first.
It's just terrible: I miss flights all the time, more than I probably catch one.
I wanted to explore the world and explore life. I wanted to have more to life than Flint.
I'm much happier talking with people than I am flirting with them.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
It's easier to stay in shape than to fluctuate.
In flush times, a rising tide of consumption can compensate for less than optimal branding, positioning, pricing or segmentation.
We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe.
Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
