The facts, even the real ones, must be imagined before they can be stated.

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.

A pint can't hold a quart-if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

People tell you to have a safe trip, as if you have some control over it.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay.

Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee.

There is no fyre without some smoke.

Breaking is when someone starts to laugh in the middle of a scene, which is so fun to watch.

You shouldn't punish others for your own choices.

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

Don't over-react to the trouble makers.