To be an oppressor is dehumanizing and anti-human in nature, as it is to be a victim.
Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.
Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals separated from law and justice he is the worst.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Beware ! Discipline goes to two different directions : success and self glory. Self glory is the biggest failure of life.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.