I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.

Cyber-confidence is crucial for finance.Consistency between security and threat is a key factor in Reputation and Customer Trust.

No man should live longer than his teeth.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

My father would lift me high. And dance with my mother and me and then. Spin me around til I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was loved.

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.

Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].