I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.

Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him.

In Hollywood, it's hard to be funny, because all the big jokes are in Washington.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don't forget to grasp your sleeve.

If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit.

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.

To be very wealthy, you have to program yourself as a machine with targets to reach.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

Evolution is a part of nature. The world has strayed away from God, and now interprets its conception for the benefit of blissful ignorance.

A man dies and his skin loses heat like the sand on a summer evening. It makes you feel like warming him up.

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise.

The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air.

Accept the gift and honor the giver.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.

Yes, here I am returning, the woman who bore herself to the bottom and back. Who wanted to swim like dolphins, leaping waves and diving. Who wanted only to belong to herself.