People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.

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.

Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.

Composing music changes nations, listening to music changes you.

The more we grow in faith, the more we grow in love.

Being weird adds spice to life. Having weird friends just deepens the flavor

But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense.

You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.

The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.

Donneven, Bettaquit and Mmmhmmmm

Oh what fools we mortals are.

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.