The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods.

O Laziness, mother of the arts and noble virtues, be thou the balm of human anguish.

Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption.

The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.

I have faced many moments of despair, thank God who relieved me from distress.

The strength of will is the grace of survival.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.

All professions, all work, all activity in the human world finds its essential meaning in the context of a people's cosmic story.

Consumers don't think how they feel. They don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.

Don't uncork what you can't contain

We must dissent from the fear.

To create a work of art is to create the world.