I felt that I committed myself too much. I promised too much. But that way it's exciting.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.

Is this neuro-bot really supposed to be her, this creature, this thing, compiled of the ghosts of human data, the replicas of their past?

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die out.

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]

We've had experiences where the president's been shot, but never had a situation where the vice president shot somebody.

Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds . . . to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation.

The great secret behind classified projects is that most of them are so utterly boring and uninteresting that James Bond wouldn't even take a second look at them.

Everybody wants to be a winner. Winning for you is everything, right? Wrong, winning is the only thing!