Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.

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.

Great spirituality, Great soul!

Is there no end to his diguises of benevolence?

The body is a dwelling of the spirit.

When we are gone, the only essential thing we will leave behind are the memories we create in the lives of those we have touched and those we love.

Greatest quality of money is whether coming or going leave tears in the eyes of beholder.

I live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.

Induction for deduction, with a view to construction.

Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.

As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being.

If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel.