A nation that encourages its people to spend more and save less promotes economic backwardness, social decay and its own financial doom.

Consumption never creates wealth.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night.

The advance of freedom is the great story of our time

No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.

I admire and respect Bill Clinton. I think he was a great president.

I always see myself as, like, equal to everyone.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

Dennis Cooper, God help him, is a born writer.