I hate the whole concept of the clog! It's fake, it's ugly, and it's not even comfortable!

Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

To feel like a woman, wear heels, to feel like a goddess, wear five inches.

I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say, 'Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!'

Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole.

A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

The higher the better. It's more about an attitude. High heels empower women in a way.

It's a good addition. There are so many bad addictions. Better be addicted to shoes than something else

The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.

Think. It's free of charge.

I wonder..., " she said, "if there was such a thing as time machines, would anyone ever use them to go to the future?

Whatever people in general do not understand they are always prepared to dislike the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

It's terrible to lose somebody, but it's also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that's got to be so much worse.

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed.

Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.

I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned to be smart and tried to be funny and develop the inside of me, because I felt like that's what I had.

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

A place where we all go can't be bad.