The only path that has any meaning is one that resolves your being in the feeling that your heart is empowered by doing what is necessary for your existence.

We must remember that the only true wealth we have is the freedom of another human, not their entrapment.

You have to live the way you are going to end up.

Am I still married to a cat? (Adrian)

If while alive you hurt or disappoint people you love, there's no use continuing such behavior when you're dead.

(talking about his father) 230 pounds of nickels in Sears slacks.

Venice is like doing acid. If you can't take it with you after you either come down or move away, you were never really there in the first place.

Screwed-up people settle fights through violence. Screwed-up people start wars that could kill millions. Normal people settle fights through cookies, cakes, and pies. Normal people are fat.

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.

[Patrizio Bertelli or Gildo Zegna] are individuals who are superbusy, traveling all the time. You can't think they will have the time to attend all the meetings.

The other day I broke 70. That's a lot of clubs.

I just feel so fortunate, A, that I'm able to talk to people and B, keep in contact with my real friends.

There's a lot of negativity in the world. I'm trying to be positive.