It is just as disastrous to have the wrong accessories in your room, as it is to wear sport shoes with an evening dress.

The finest thing about a hobby is that you can't do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don't.

There seems to be within all of us an innate yearning to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm and make believe.

I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.

I believe in doing the thing you feel is right. If it looks right, it is right.

No room can be called perfect unless it has real comfort.

Too much of anything is the beginning of a mess.

Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it's well worth while to make the game as pleasant as possible.

Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl.

The more mirror-minded you become, the more your home will reflect shining charm!

The bureaucrat is a man who administers things and people, and who relates himself to people as to things.

In my opinion any activity during which you can enjoy a beverage is not a sport. It is a party.

I remembered every moment between us, and every moment felt more precious as time passed.

Wood may remain ten years in the water but it will never become a crocodile.

In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

I think humor is incredibly positive, I think it is life advancing. There's medical research to show that it improves your antibodies. It's all about sense and perspective.

It's a reality here. We're a team that at this time of the season, with teams trying to get to the playoffs, it's going to be difficult to win.

My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.

It Went By Me something very beautiful just went by me something not to tell in words in feelings so fragile so wild something yet to tell is no longer why and when it left i can't tell.