In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

I have become an orchidwashed in on the salt white beach.Memory, what can I make of it nowthat might please you-this life, already wastedand still strewn with miracles?

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary.

When you have a product that has zero sales, it is easy for people to say whatever they want about it and almost fantasize about it.

I'm a family man. I just love being around my family.

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

I love what I do, and I only want more. I love the whole process. I love designing, I love figuring out how to make the clothes happen, I love the ad campaigns.

Television is a gift of God, and God will hold those who utilize his divine instrument accountable to him.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a created voice. Then, I visualize what I should look like.