Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

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.

True Love is when you are able to see yourself in another, when you recognize that there is no separation between you and any other Being in the Universe.

Nothing shatters the relationship between you and your boss like you failing to meet expectations, deadlines, and goals.

How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of "spiritual life" and "everyday life." There is only life, undivided and whole.

If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

I'm not going to lie. I would definitely steal stuff from set.

Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

If you get an image try to destroy it.