A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

In life, everyone must decide in what area of life he or she wants to be great. You must choose what territory you want to conquer.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.

Israel is a true friend. It is our greatest ally in the region. And if Israel is attacked, America will stand with Israel. I've made that clear throughout my presidency.

You can't point a camera at someone and find out what's in their head. But it does the next best thing - it lets you speculate.

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

At Microsoft, they all rock back and forth like Gates, they wear the same glasses, they have the same hair style. Maybe they grow them in tanks.

My son ask for thyself another Kingdom, for that which I leave is too small for thee

I enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off.

More tears are shed in playhouses than in churches.