Some live in a state of passionate indecision.

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.

The only thing I hate worse than a hero is a stupid hero.

What you don't wish for will always be beyond your reach.

Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long.

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

Tweetin' ain't cheatin'.

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.

Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship.

Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.

Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.