"What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why"

"We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it"

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?"

"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness"

"To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears"

"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question"

"The power to question is the basis of all human progress"

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""

"We have the power to create a better future for ourselves and for the planet. The question is, what kind of future do we want to create?"

"We have the power to change the world for the better. The question is, do we have the will?"

"We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers"