Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.

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 can speak to me like you haven’t spoken even to yourself.

Greatness is achieved, not only, by doing great things, but also, by making the small things we dogreat.

Wisdom of the Ages: "Soylent Green" No matter how many times I see that movie, I still get a hankerin' for a Big Mac.

The insight to see possible new paths the courage to try them the judgment to measure results-these are the qualities of a leader.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

Politics is a game of friends.

The highest thing one can do in literature is to succeed in saying that thing which one meant to say. There is nothing better than that - to make the world see your thoughts as you see them.

If you complain about the world moving too fast, slow down.

The desert was held in a crazed communism by which Nature and the elements were for the free use of every known friendly person for his own purposes and no more.