There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see.

Taste is the feminine of genius.

There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see.

I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.

Think then you are Today what Yesterday you were - Tomorrow you shall not be less.

The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes.

Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the Road Which to discover we must travel too.

And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.

I am all for the short and merry life.

I come like Water, and like Wind I go.

Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest.

The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

A book of verses underneath the bough, A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou.

I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head.

The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, the Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.

Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

The key to winning is poise under stress.

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows.

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success.

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.

The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.

I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of bloody marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it's like you're on a roller coaster.

I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city.

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.

With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish.

In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us.

The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.