I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them.

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.

Maybe every once in a while we can take a break from doing everything faster and quicker to reflect on who we are and where we are going.

Babies aren't dishwasher-safe.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Piracy is almost always a service problem.

Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one's life!

Seems like the more you grow, the more time you spend alone, before you know it you end up perfectly on your own.

You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.

I believe it is peace for our time.

Until God opens the next door, praise Him in the hallway.

We need a new cosmology. New gods. New sacraments. Another drink.