The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.

In the distance, the gestures of animals look human, the gestures of human beings bestial.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.

Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.

We dare to dream.

These hips are mighty hips.These hips are magic hips.I have known themto put a spell on a manand spin him like a top

Not if you like lies so much you want to live one

We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.

The script is a bible and it's this unchangeable document that somebody spent years and years on.

Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

I have no intention of ending my career in a rooming house, with full scrapbooks and an empty stomach.

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize how important it is to vary your workouts.