A woman's honor rests on manly love.

We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

O, if so much beauty doth reveal Itself in every vein of life and nature, How beautiful must be the Source itself, The Ever Bright One.

A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.

Attach thyself to truth; defend justice; rejoice in the beautiful. That which comes to thee with time, time will take away; that which is eternal will remain in thy heart.

God bless me and my son John Me and my wife him and his wife Us four and no more.

I've never mentioned this, but when I was at Parsons teaching, the other design disciplines, they don't like fashion design. They see it as very nineteenth-century.

It angers me that a timed, planned and paid smearing campaign is run against me in the press.

In terms of my own behavior and activity, the funny thing about regrets and saying "I'm sorry," is that there's so much I would do differently and want to do differently moving forward.

Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it's the one part of you the world can't interfere with.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

You have to defend your character. That's your job, if they're hiring you. That doesn't mean you can't collaborate, but you do have to make some big, bold choices. We do that in real life, too.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Nature does not steal time, it amplifies it.

I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?' And I said, 'Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'