People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.

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.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.

Herman Cain compared his run for president to Moses leading his people out of Egypt. Cain said it took Moses 40 years to lead his people out of Egypt, but he could do it in 30 minutes or less.

We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us.

Heaven is a place of restless activity, the abode of never-tiring thought.

The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured.

If you double count some votes, that makes other votes disenfranchised.

In the middle of the night, if you have decided to do something good for the world, don't wait for the morning to come!

Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout.

Boys dream of native girls who bring breadfruit, Whatever they are.