Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.

Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.

I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely.

Benevolence today has become altogether too huge an undertaking to be conducted otherwise than on business lines.

My lifesaver has always been the hazel iris of your soul. It never fails. When the world plunges me deep into the darkness, one look from you is all it takes to save me.

Feeling grateful to breathe a new day. Gratitude is a way to submit to the flow of life.

Success has no idle hands

Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars.

I like being at home and cooking.

You have to fight. You know, you don't want to fight, but you have to fight to make your show your own, to make your voice be heard. You just have to sometimes.

In my entire career? I am so sick of being asked, What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson?

Art is too long, and life is too short.

There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others in the front light.

Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.