I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his property, without his having an opportunity of being heard.

Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.

The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.

Vermeer's woman reading a letter is as full of latent or subliminal kitsch as Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Every object and purpose of justice is effectually answered, and every supposed inconvenience is effectually rebutted by the law as it stands.

The happiest marriages are full of alternative lives, lived in the head, unknown to the partner.

The laws of England will protect the rights of British subjects, and give a remedy for a grievance committed by one British subject upon another, in whatever country that may be done.

I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.

...Life is much simpler if you don’t notice anything....

Focus on the end, not the beginning- on the beginning not the end- The process proceeds in the inner dimension.

Forgiveness doesn’t make one person better, or the other guy smaller. Forgiving is just letting go. It’s turning back toward being what we really are.

Floor time is valuable. Our leadership isn't going to bring something up that's going to take up floor time and not be successful.

Sometimes words drew blood, they cut your tongue, they made you know things you couldn't unknow.

The secret to being alone is to organize your time; to develop habits and routines and gradually elevate their importance to where they seem almost like normal, healthy activities.

Victory fades so quickly that it is scarcely apparent and it is always the face of defeat that we are able to see.

Whom the gods love dies young.

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.