Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, The Bores and the Bored.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

I am not now That which I have been.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

But some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love why, some days it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.