People are reluctant to cite boredom as grounds for divorce.

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.

If you want change you must take full responsibility for yourself. No one else defines how you live. You are the only one with the power for your self-change.

With such a worshipping wife, it was hardly possible that any natural defects in it should not be increased. The extreme sweetness of her temper must hurt his.

We're in the business of selling pleasure. We don't sell handbags or haute couture. We sell dreams.

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it.

The Israeli strategy has been proven to be a complete failure.

I once laboured hard for the free will of man, until the grace of God at length overcame me.

TV is what sells your product.

God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking.

I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.