As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.

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.

If she was going to die, Marla didn't want to know about it.

Success is not determined by the outcome. The outcome is the result of having already decided that you are successful to begin with.

Her silence should be feared more than her words.

I'm Jesus Christ, whether you want to accept it or not, I don't care.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

I didn't find Jesus. He's been there the whole time.

Everybody wants to rule the world.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

I like honest men of all colors.