Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.

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.

The Lovely Knowing, your source of intuition and inspiration may not always be explainable, but it is always attainable!

I want to be the 'WHY' behind your happiness.

A cruise missile is more important than Head Start.

Leaders who lack passion cost everyone who follows.

For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

I don't think I'm anything like the improviser. I'm not. I do better with at least an outline.

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of them on military history and strategy and so forth.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

Healing fails to occur because it is much easier to injure another than to heal oneself.