When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens.

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.

God resides most strongly and evidently where science has not yet progressed to go... And if this is true then it follows that God resides everywhere and in everything.

Eyes skip a low-key profile.

We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.

Sound had always been my portal to poetry, but in the beginning, sound was imagined through the eye.

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

The most important thing to remember is: to protect your quarterback - ME!

The greatest service we can provide to others in this life, beginning with those of our own family, is to bring them to Christ.

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.

You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.