Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

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.

Everyone is a business person. You must be in the business of managing your time. Managing your time means managing your life. Good time managers are good life managers, and vice versa.

Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

Learning is finding out what you already know.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.

The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.

I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.

So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk.

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund