The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Gratitude is a way of life. Gratitude is the way home.

I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

Got a new pup. He is half griffon. The other half is mistake.

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.

The coolest thing I've gotten to do in the past few years is guest star on Sesame Street.

The drunken man is a living corpse.