In our culture, futility plays the role of transgression and fashion is condemned for having within it the force of the pure sign which signifies nothing.

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

Consider what really makes up your self-worth—like your caring heart or your ability to stand tall in the face of adversity

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your favour.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.

A secret talent or hobby Hmm I weirdly collect shot glasses.

Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.

I'm getting rid of the carried interest provision.

Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents.

We see in order to move; we move in order to see.