A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.

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.

A man and woman in search of something are always blown apart, but it's the same wind that blows them.

Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history.

Every great dream, meet an opposing views.The certainty within our spirit made the dream reality.

Never wish for someone else's life because you never know if they also wish yours was theirs.

Diligence is the mother of good luck and God gives all things to industry.

Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.

You know what the hardest thing is? What nobody wants to understand -- is me. People want their memories of me to be my memories of me. But you know what? They're not.

We can build a new modern electric grid. That's a lot of jobs; that's a lot of new economic activity.

Marriage is the cold potato of love.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.