Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

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.

just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art

Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

I remember being in intensive care, looking at the clock and thinking 'don't go to sleep, don't go to sleep'. I can laugh about it now but I was petrified.

The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

Our natural gifts and abilities are limited, but when augmented by inspiration and guidance of the Holy Ghost, our potential increases many fold.

When you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying back.

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I haven't been with a woman in nine months.