The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.

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 world we live in might not be free from pain, but you have the ability to create for yourself a world free from struggle.

Both for Havana's beauty and decay, it's very hard to restrain yourself from staring everywhere you look.

Genuine feelings are never the product of conscious effort. They are quite simply there, and they are there for a very good reason, even if that reason is not always apparent.

There's only one way to break the color line. Be good. I mean, play good. Play so good that they can't remember what color you were before the season started.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

You’re not looking at Morris Cerullo; you’re looking at God; you’re looking at Jesus.

A lot of guys go in immediately for status, as opposed to comfort and allowing their home to tell a story about them.

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

Our brain needs comfort. When you irritate it, you cannot think.