Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.

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.

...everywhere I am is true.

I'd like to have younger people around me and that I'll be involved with them a lot more now, as opposed to me being the main focal point.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I've learned how to appreciate what I have. And it's a lot. I'm very lucky.

I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go.

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

If I play, it will be for one reason: my fans.

Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide.