Date of birth: 1878-01-06
Date of death: 1967-07-22
Quotes number: 76
Nationality: American
Profession: Poet
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.