"Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die."

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."

"I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right."

"You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon Ireland's history in their lineaments trace think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends."

"Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work."

"I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words."