Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

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.

My biggest challenge is cooking traditional French dishes, which usually require very specific techniques and methods. That’s just not my style... I cook from the soul.

Comme l'imagination a cre e le monde, elle le gouverne. Because imagination created the world, it governs it.

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

People didnt know until I said it publicly that I had a nasty side. It was never obvious to the fans. I never lost my head, you see. Never got sent off.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

You don't want somebody who doesn't know his own heart, do you? You'll find someone who's brave enough to love you. Someday. One day. Not today.

God's canopy is over you and will cover you at all times, preserving you from evil.

Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name of faith.

The Christian god is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust.