Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.

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.

There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Weekends are life’s gift to those who hate their jobs.

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States.

Hold on to your life and make it honest and brave.

If I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.

They never die, who have the future in them.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage.