The joy of juxtaposition is endless.

Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

It was 10:30 in the morning and I was already running behind. This is hardly unusual, but it pisses me off every single time.

One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times......You know...when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?

God, I hope he dies the night before one of his kids get married.

Magic isn't inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people.

I'll stand beside you through the years, you'll only cry those happy tears. And though I'll make mistakes, I'll never break your heart.

If you want to do rock and roll, forget about those who've come after '65.

I was really educating myself on the environment, but I didnt realize it was so connected to politics, connected to globalization.