An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

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.

Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life

I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation of scientific evidence - experiments, fossil studies and the like.

In art the search for a content which is collectively understandable is false; the content will always be individual.

Education is fundamental to any success. That's your baseboard.

It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.

Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.