True generosity means accepting ingratitude.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

The best accessory for a woman - handsome man!

Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

It's not the appearance, it's the essence. It's not the money, it's the education. It's not the clothes, it's the class.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

We are wiser than we know.

It is hard to overestimate the power of these motivators—the feelings of accomplishment and of learning, of being a key player on a team that is achieving something meaningful.

How do you imagine Hell, sir Blacksad ? For me, it's a place without music... of complete silence.

[W]hat my grandmother and my mother and I all know is that our beauty is no miracle. It is bought and paid for.

Salvation is the most important thing that a person has and the devil knows very well what its value is.

It was like the panting of a thousand puppies.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

It was hypnotic, and then it was unsettling, and finally I became aware of another entity in my universe, sitting on the shore two hundred yards away, smoking a pipe.

No form of human exchange is more profitable than the exchange of ideas. If I give you a thought in return for one of your thoughts, each of us will have gained a 100 percent dividend.

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!