A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself.

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 every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find and continue to find grounds for marriage.

Two things define you, your attitude when you are at your worst and your attitude when you are at your best.

My goal is to help elect not only the first but second woman president. That will be real progress. I believe our next presidential election will see women at the top of the ticket for both parties.

If it is important do it everyday

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.

Our goal is not to build a platform; it's to be cross all of them.

It's more important to grow your income than cut your expenses. It's more important to grow your spirit that cut your dreams.

We are hated because we are free. We are hated because of the idea that is the United States of America. We are hated because of our Constitution.

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.

There it was, there it is, the place where during the best time of our lives friendship had its home and happiness its headquarters.