Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.

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.

I leave before being left. I decide.

Biology always beats will power.

It is not arrogance to appreciate what Allah has blessed you with; arrogance is to ascribe those blessings to yourself.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

Free will means that you have the choice to connect to spirit... or not.

Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.