My name, Paloma, means 'dove' in Spanish. It stands as a symbol of peace and purity.

I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself a costume that differs according to the woman who wears it.

I was born into a world of art. I always thought that in life, you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep and you draw.

Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.

Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.

Shaving was invented to kill time before a date.

It is a misfortune of the times that all of us must needs be amateur economists-including, and perhaps especially, the professionals.

Love Actually [is] one of the cutest Christmas movies.

I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard

My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.

I am always the type of person who is waiting for the other shoe to drop and for it to peter out and end. And if it does that's fine.

Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection.

It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.