Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

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.

Simple minded people do things like gossip, lie, spread rumors, and cause troubles. But, I know you're more intelligent.

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Why do you look like that, Duane?""Like what, Cletus?""Like your heart is diseased.

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times.

Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd

The greatest and best talent that God gives to any man or woman in this world is the talent of prayer.

The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

When I started dating I had relationships with people who came from families that weren't at all artistic or whatever, and they didn't understand how to communicate. I find that so boring.