A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.