"To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter."

"You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine."

"A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you."

"Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance."

"I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."

"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."

"Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth."

"A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs."