Modernity is the most transient of qualities.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.

Peak Performance is not a destination but a journey!

I start trying to stay unconscious. The problem with this is that no amount of willpower can change the reality.

Life is stressful, dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.

Love that wants only to get, to possess, is a monstrous thing

Superficially insignificant or accidental looking detail [in art] may well carry the most important unconscious symbolism.

This is what makes me happy: Remembering where I put my house keys.

She [Mary I] married Philip King of Spain, who in her sister's reign, was famous for building Armadas.

Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket.

One and one make 2. But if you bring 1 and 1 close together they make 11.

any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man