Laughter and tears may not persuade, but they cannot be refuted.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.

I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Age considers youth ventures.

Never did a great man hate good wine.

To be creative, you have to be wrong most of the time.

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.

With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle.

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

There are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth.