Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. read more

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsqequently turns its back on bad and good alike. - "Introduction to Naked Masks by Luigi Pirandello", 1952.

A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.

A blond in a red dress can do without introductions -- but not without a bodyguard.

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting read more

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.

Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - The Passionate State of the Mind, 1954.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. - The Passionate State of the Mind, 1954.

Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: read more

Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in
Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower
Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.