colloquial

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

– Robert Frost [1874-1963]

colloquialism

"Sometimes the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason."
- Jerry Seinfeld [born 1954]

nourish the roots of our culture

"If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our Nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist."

- Robert Frost's full 1961 JFK inauguration text here. 

"The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise."

- Robert Frost