Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.

The self-hatred that destroys is the waste of unfulfilled promise.

The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a moustache.

There's nothing the matter with Hollywood that a good earthquake couldn't cure.

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.

Poor people know poor people, and rich people know rich people. It is one of the few things La Rochefoucauld did not say, but then La Rochefoucauld never lived in the Bronx.

Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.

Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India.

It is a fact that the human heart differs from all other species. While its function to the body is the same of all animals, its participation with human soul is both rhapsodic and fatal. -Rose

Fear creates mountains

Between the desireAnd the spasm, Between the potencyAnd the existence, Between the essenceAnd the descent, Falls the Shadow.

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

We are all proud that through God's powerful aid, we have become once more true Germans

Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.

I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.

There's nothing within science per se that says medical researchers must not experiment on human subjects; it is the imposition of ethical dogma that constrains the scientist.

Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.

We say to ourselves we won't live forever, but I don't think that thought ever really sinks in until the day comes.