Wit: a whim followed by a wham.

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.

WE IGNORED TRUTHS FOR TEMPORARY HAPPINESS.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome stubbornness is stupid.

I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants.

It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.

I'm extremely humbled, I'm happy and I'm blessed, because at the end of the day, I'm doing what I love to do.

The game has evolved over the years, and I don't think we have as a country. In other countries they have, and they adjust much quicker than our boys.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

That signal's come and gone a lot in my life-time, that prairie progressivism died . I think prairie progressivism is still there. Every once in a while, odd things take place.

I like the influence and responsibility the Red Cross has become known for.