Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

I can't help thinking that there are only one or two ways of being brought into this world, but there are so many fucked-up ways of leaving it.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.