Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.

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.

My grace is sufficient for thee. The words soothed her soul like a healing balm.

You have all the time in the world when you know what you are doing.

The best fighter fights with love and kindness.

Donald Trump is a way better leader than Hillary Clinton.

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry.

If you are a real perfectionist, you can't finish any job! We, the mortals, we don't have enough time to be perfectionist! Perfectionism is the art of immortals!

Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.