Quotations

"Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They’re so empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not."

— Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer, born 1959

"Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again."

— Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer, born 1959

"Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning."

— Jack Dempsey, American boxer, born 1895

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't."

— Jack Dempsey, American boxer, born 1895

"When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand."

— Jack Dempsey, American boxer, born 1895

"I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it."

— Jack Dempsey, American boxer, born 1895

"Love is suffering. One side always loves more."

— Catherine Deneuve, French actress, born 1943

"Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?"

— Brett Dennen, American folk singer, born 1979

"A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees."

— Tomie dePaola, American illustrator, born 1934

"There are four questions of value in life. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."

— Johnny Depp, American actor, born 1963

"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping."

— Bo Derek, American actress, born 1956

"I grew up on the beaches, and I always found it kind of funny that it's considered decent if you cover three tiny spots with pieces of fabric."

— Bo Derek, American actress, born 1956

"It is not morbidity which draws crowds to scenes of disaster or unusual joy. It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some higher level of intensity so that one's own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame."

— Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, born 1917

"I can doubt everything, except one thing, and that is the very fact that I doubt. Simply put - I think, therefore I am."

— Rene Descartes, French philosopher, born 1596