I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me.

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.

The voice of protest is the voice of another and an ancient civilization which seems to have bred in us the instinct to enjoy and fight rather than to suffer and understand.

Marriage to the groom does not means that his heart belongs to the bride.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.

It's very important to instill values in children.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

Star Wars is mythology. Its like Greek mythology or Shakespeare. Its the story of good versus evil over a very long span of time. The storytelling is universal and timeless.

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

The destination of the deportation is annihilation.

Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style.