I don't understand water and gravity.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

History shows that male homosexuality, which like prostitution flourishes with urbanization and soon becomes predictably ritualized, always tends toward decadence.

The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.

There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.

One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly.

Women's studies is a comfy, chummy morass of unchallenged groupthink . It is, with rare exception, totally unscholarly. Academic feminists have silenced men and dissenting women.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare.

Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

For some strange reason, no matter where I go, the place is always called "here".

The more I study the wealthy.. in an effort to learn how to help more people around the world become one of them.. I'm stunned by how many people are actually not rich.

People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.

In the mid-nineties, diversity in the fashion/beauty business was hard to come by.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves.

Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids and asteroids called asteroids? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was the other way around? But if that was true, then a proctologist would be an astronaut.

Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.

The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.