I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

Death had marked his family with unbreakable black halos, until only two remained.

Unanswered? I would've answered any question, Hannah. But you never asked.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

I really don't think that the Oscar changed my career much because I didn't want it to.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

Reason as an organ for perceiving the true nature of reality and determining the guiding principles of our lives has come to be regarded as obsolete.

You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so.

I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'