Victor Laszlo: Are you enough of a businessman to appreciate an offer of 100,000 francs? Rick: I appreciate it, but I don't accept it.
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.
Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.
I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose.
As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
Religion, you can't a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they don't believe.
I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.
There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.
At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
'Traveling with Pomegranates' is a very personal, very honest story about my relationship with my daughter and Ann's with her mother.
A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
When women are angry at men, they call them heartless. When men are angry at women, they call them crazy. Sometimes it doesn't stop there.
I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage
I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.
I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.
...but to be a connectworker, one must have an overall positive influence on people, and Victor has really made the switch.
We have long become overgrown with calluses; we no longer hear people being killed. ("X")
The moon hangs alien, heavy, like a lock on a door; the door is tightly shut. ("The North")
