If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

The moment when humanity learns to tame all its primeval biases, only then it will be worth the title "Sapiens", not any earlier.

The heart is wiser than the intellect.

You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed.

I gave them a fair warning

If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.

Multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations view the exploitation of the world's sick and dying as a sacred duty to their shareholders.

If it works, it's obsolete.

Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It's just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.