Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.

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 we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.

You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon.

Stop focusing on what you cant do, focus on what God can do.

The world is a lie...not you and me.

Scream" was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.

This perplexing, good natured boy who can spin out lies so convincingly to be hopelessly in love with me ... and I admit it there are moments when he makes me believe it myself.

In ramp skating, theres this guy Alex Perelson whos really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we havent seen before. Just different types of spin.