Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

Time...a maniac scattering dust.

I kiss [her] even though I know that if you kiss a girl before you are married to her you might get AIDS.

For my 11th birthday, I asked to be adopted.

Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.

What is a left-wing socialist but a Marxist without a gun?

Still, as much as I wish Ballistic Kiss could be a better film, the recognition it gained from critics and at festivals speaks for itself.

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or at least that's my case.

It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me.

Yes, Warren has done very well.