As a dream comes true, it falls flat.

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.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way.

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

I think real true success is when, yes, you have reached the goal, reached yours, but it's how many others you have helped along the way.

Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.

There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.

Squirrel brains make you smart.

In racing there are always things you can learn, every single day. There is always space for improvement, and I think that applies to everything in life.

America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.'