Poetry Foundation Poems Baudelaire Quotes & Sayings

All movement stops and I walk in the timeless sadness of existence,
tenderness flowing thru the buildings,
my fingertips touching reality's face,
my own face streaked with tears in the mirror
of some window - at dusk -
where I have no desire -
for bonbons - or to own the dresses or Japanese
lampshades of intellection - — Allen Ginsberg

Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year. But the choice involves not the certainty of cancer very soon but an increased probability of cancer at some time in the future. The cancers are no less real; millions will die painfully and prematurely because of what we do to our environment. But the choice is not an easily visualizable one, and our capacity of denial comes strongly into play - as it tends to whenever we must weigh future costs against immediate benefits. — Paul L Wachtel

Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other? — Lester Maddox

As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was. — Jack Levine

I'm fond of anything that comes from the sea, and that includes sailors. — Janet Flanner

Integrity is the essence of everything successful. — R. Buckminster Fuller