Comedy is acting out optimism.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.

Jests that give pains are not jests.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

A place for everything, and everything in its place.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.