The truths I shun follow me, mumbling.

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.

Morality is a subject to meddle in the affairs of other persons, guided by our preferences and convenience.

I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that.

There is no counsel like God's counsel. No comfort like His comfort. No wisdom more profound than the wisdom of the Scriptures.

I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

In the second stage we stop thought for limited periods of time.

Reason should investigate its own parameters before declaring its omniscience.

Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.

The improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers.

The squeeze machine is not going to cure anybody, but it may help them relax; and a relaxed person will usually have better behavior.