If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

The novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. A messy procedure, with lots of groaning.

The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect.

There is always room for the man of force.

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study.

Artists are often having very similar conversations across the various disciplines through which they choose to excel, but you rarely see them exist in the same pages or spaces.

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

Picking your favourite look is like picking your favourite child! I get so emotionally attached to each one.

Wafah Dufour bin Laden, niece of Osama bin Laden has signed a contract to star in a reality show... called Skating with the Nieces of Terrorists.

Everyone in life has a purpose, and nobody's purpose is better than anyone else's

Comedy is like expensive cheese. Well, it's like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don't like, they think is the worst.