During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.

Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.

From my point of view, there is a tremendous amount to be said for secular humanism.

Beauty is.. The passionate and positive expression of the complete self.

I think that as good architecture enhances a city, a good cut enhances the definition and expression of a face.

To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It's in pursuit of art.

If you look good, we look good.

My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like fabric and take away everything that was superfluous.

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

to judge darkness as bad or wrong is akin to judging whether up is better than down, or whether blue is better than red

You’ll see, there are a million ways to kill off the soft parts of yourself.

Together, we are going to deliver real change that once again puts America first.

I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?

It just requires so much of you, and most of the time you feel dumb.

Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

ROS: Why don't you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! - is that all you have to offer?