“If he [Pound] is not careful he will take to meaning what he says instead of saying what he means.”

“How nice it would be to be dead if only we could know we were dead. That is what I hate, the not being able to turn round in the grave and to say It is over.”

“Never mind what a man says; watch what he does.”

“An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.”

“I chose this guy because he always says what he means and means what he says. -Twivortiare-”

“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.”

“No public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means”