At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

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.

A thinking man never be a party man.

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

Can anything be more Un-American than the Un-American committee?

The habit of going to your congressman's town hall and asking questions, that's powerful in a way that shouting slogans or getting arrested is not, that is completely counterproductive.

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary.

Actors are crazy or we wouldn't be doing this.

I don't believe in Hell, but I believe in my parents' couch.

In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people.

A pauper in the midst of wealth.

In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long time from December to May.