if the right man does not come along, there are many fates far worse. One is to have the wrong man come along.

A balanced guest list of mixed elements is to a successful party what the seasoning is to a culinary triumph.

In Rome people seem to love with more zest, murder with more imagination, submit to creative urges more often, and lose the sense of logic more easily than in any other place.

The perfect classroom is Paris.

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

There is no substitute for the riches gained on a lifetime basis by the young American who studies or works abroad.

Women have to be a lot smarter and brighter and have to work a lot harder to prepare themselves. They have to watch what they do and how they behave. It's not a free world yet.

the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

At home, we're listening to TV or playing with our computers, so our entertaining is rusting. We don't know how to be good hosts and guests in business situations.

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.

Coincidences happen, but only once

In SLA management, you think services, see SLA, hear SLO, perform SLA management.

I myself owe everything to French books. They developed in my soul the sentiments of humanity which had been stifled by eight years of fanatical and servile education.

The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.

Unlike the experience of nirvana, traveling to other dimensions will not take you beyond suffering, nor will it help you experience the limitless ecstasy of creation.

What would the world look like if we asked ourselves the following more often; are our actions helping others find a way to feel more freer, more dignified and more beautiful?

The right to reticence seems earned only by having nothing to hide.

The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.

The marketplace is democratic.

Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.