Regret for wasted time is more wasted time

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.

Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable.

Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.

If folks don't like the way you look, they almost never take the time to find anything out about you. They just make up their own stories

Success is not money, cars, fame or material possessions but the lives you touched positively.

Every network wants to capture new viewers, but that's up to the networks.

Pakistan is a peace loving, democratic country. Pashtuns want education for their daughters and sons. Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and brotherhood.

For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

Prostitution, black marketeering, and informing on ones neighbors and friends all had such a deep-rooted tradition in Romania that there was a charming naturalness and innocence about it.