Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque.

Monuments are for the living, not the dead.

The laws of this world are for children.

God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour.

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.

I didn't ask to be born, and I don't owe God anything.

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy.

I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person.

Any fool can have bad luck the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

She knew of a woman who had entered such a bargain at a large automobile manufacturer in 1973 and successfully managed to keep her accounting position for over four decades.

When people say they're unemployed, bored, or have nothing to do, I sigh and think, "If only time were transferable.

The only thing a man knows is himself.

I like all sorts of things, not necessarily just Victorian. Even though I tend to read a lot of Victorian novels, I like a lot of contemporary stuff.

They address an Eclipse every morning, whom they call their "Father."

The mirror is the mother dew, the book of desiccated twilights, echo become flesh.

You Americans keep saying that Cuba is ninety miles from the United States. I say that the United States is ninety miles from Cuba and for us, that is worse.

A confession has to be part of your new life.

I'm just the average guy, I fooled around a little on the side.

The trick of successful investors is to sell when they want to, not when they have to.