The rich feel full of merit.

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.

You cannot control anything except your thoughts. With yoga, you do not control yourself but you harmonize with nature.

I’m assuming you have a reason behind this irrational need to conform to this institution." (Eric)

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

Nothing in science has any value if it is not communicated.

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.

A desperation to escape a problem is the wrong way. A passion to understand it is the right way

Huge and mighty forms that do not live like living men, moved slowly through the mind by day and were trouble to my dreams.