[Sexual] fantasies, like children, are most interesting to the people who have them.

The difference between the Japanese and the American is summed up in their opposite reactions to the proverb (popular in both nations), "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Epidemiologist S. Leonard Syme observes that to the Japanese, moss is exquisite and valued; a stone is enhanced by moss; hence a person who keeps moving and changing never acquires the beauty and benefits of stability. To Americans, the proverb is an admonition to keep rolling, to keep from being covered with clinging attachments.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.

A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.

History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.