The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

I love being a lawyer more than I like writing.

I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal.

O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

Washington's adventuristic policy, whipping up international tension to the utmost, is pushing mankind towards nuclear catastrophe.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

You have to be quite stupid to act.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

Donald Trump thinks all press is good press. And I think he believes that he's putting everybody on a psychological disadvantage.

The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!" "Who cares?