I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win

The world is grand, awfully big and astonishingly beautiful, frequently thrilling.

I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.

My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!

Why can't I be the adorable one?

I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic.

I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric.

Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think

Im off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.

Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.

Corporate irony

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

Sometimes you must give up on certain people, but it should be mandatory that you will never ever give up on yourself.

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.

Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.

beautiful insane in the rain

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.

When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.