Quotes

“Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.” Marcel Proust

“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.” Marcel Proust

“It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body.” Marcel Proust

“Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.” Marcel Proust

“Love is a reciprocal torture.” Marcel Proust

“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” Marcel Proust

“The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.” Marcel Proust

“We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” Marcel Proust

“A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.” Marcel Proust

“I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.” Joan Rivers

“It's been so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up whom.” Joan Rivers

“I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.” Joan Rivers

“My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.” Joan Rivers

“Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.” Joan Rivers

“I am furious about everything.” Joan Rivers

“The ideal beauty is a fugitive which is never found.” Joan Rivers

“Both of my parents got to see me host Carson, thank God. That's all anyone wants: to have their parents see they're going to be all right in life.” Joan Rivers

“My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.” Joan Rivers

“My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.” Joan Rivers

“All my friends are dying. That's why I always wear black.” Joan Rivers

“Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress.” Joan Rivers

“Elizabeth Taylor has more chins than the Chinese telephone directory.” Joan Rivers

“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” Joan Rivers

“I'm in nobody's circle, I've always been an outsider.” Joan Rivers

“Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.” Joan Rivers

“She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven.” Joan Rivers

“Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.” Joan Rivers

“Every television show you go on is a choice.” Joan Rivers

“I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her.” Joan Rivers

“I don't think there'd be a Tina Fey now if I hadn't tried to look good in the beginning.” Joan Rivers