I have worked with wool all my life as a designer. There's so much more to it than knitwear - it's an amazingly versatile material and can be used in so many different ways from chic to rustic.

In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It’s about going all the way.

My style is not that big. I wear heels, tight pants, and I wear diamonds.

Women's bodies are curvy, sensual, it's about being happy to be a woman - and sexy is always good

Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.

The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.

Wear a fabulous smile, great jewelry and know that you are totally and utterly in control.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

What is comfortable fashion? To be comfortable, that can't be in the vocabulary of fashion. If you want to be comfortable, stay home in your pajamas.

We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.

Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.

Just start. A small business can take you to the level of empire.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

I feel like if people are going to go to the effort to get a stamp and, you know, put it on an envelope that, you know, it's a big effort these days. So I often write back.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

There is something very powerful about German music. That's why I chose German music with a European meaning for the day of my election.

If you don't treat your own people well, they won't treat other people well.

I say to myself, sometimes the tide is just out. But it always comes back in again.

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

There is a basic truth which man can know and which can transform his life if he will become the embodiment of it.