Popular Quotes

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Never underestimate the power of the ocean.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the value of cold cash.

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.

Never use dogs to symbolize anything. That is ridiculous. Always ensure that any dogs are just dogs; i.e., characters in the story who happen to be dogs.

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.