Sqwaak!" from Fletcher, the environmental crime fighting parrot in The Big Belch graphic novel by Kay Wood.

The one who has suffered has the right to decide the course of action....Punishment or Let Go is purely the call of the sufferer.

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]

Trustable words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not trustable.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

That which has no limitations, has no form.

After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.

Many people find spiritual growth possible only when times are hard; prosperity tends to promote complacency.

I try to destroy taboo in fashion-which is something I learned as a kid. I come from the street, and you have to be a survivor.

If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently?