Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive.

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.

Kamand, die every dayso you rememberto live.

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, 'My dad can beat up your dad.' I'd say 'Yeah? When?'

I threw about 16 punches in 3 seconds. It was some Bruce Lee speed!

That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, and fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

The Gospel is like water; no man invented it, yet no man can live without it.

For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system.

You can't act like you care about someone but not let them care about you.