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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

- Carl Sandburg

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it’s another nonconformist who doesn’t conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

- Bill Vaughn

Genius ain’t anything more than elegant common sense.

- Josh Billings

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

- Ira Gershwin

I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything till noon. That’s when it’s time for my nap.

- Bob Hope

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

- Marianne Moore

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

- William James

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

- Willa Cather

All love shifts and changes. I don’t know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

- Julie Andrews