I don't have a very positive attitude towards rappers.

I'm not really a practising Jew but I keep a kosher kitchen just to spite Hitler.

I know that I will go to my grave as Professor Sprout, whatever else I’ve done.

Communication is something we all take for granted.

I enjoy finding the right word and giving each its full measure, its full space in a sentence.

I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her.

I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it hasn't. Yet!

Dream and dare the world to object

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence

When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.

Why don't presidents fight the war? - Why do they always send the poor?

As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is as much a part of the realm of art as it is of technology; the fusion of thinking and feeling.

A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy.

Do not be afraid of what God asks of you! It is worth saying 'yes' to God. In him we find joy.

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?