Your words and my words are the same, but not our meaning.

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.

Gifts are not things that you earn or deserve they are a way for the giver to show their appreciation for you and Daren, you are a part of my family

If you want to see God, simply look into the eyes of an animal.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

I have a political attitude, but I'm certainly not a politician.

There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.

Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.

This morning I deleted the hyphen from "hell-bound" and made it one word; this afternoon I redivided it and restored the hyphen.

As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field.

The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.

Any time we are answer-driven rather than idea driven, we have lost the true meaning of education.