I know God exits, but I don't know where.

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.

If it ran, a Bean would eat it. If it fell, a Bean would eat it.

When you start to make things happen, you really begin to believe that you can make things happen. And that makes things happen.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare that they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the preparation of war.

You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change.

I'm a grenade, I just want to stay away from people and read books, and think.

All these things they've been saying are a pack of lies.

The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.