I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha!

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad.

If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience... I show you some of me. It's not a show no more.

How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance... cya later!

The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people

I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

We can't fully encompass our motivational and inspirational awareness without fully understanding our purpose in life.

You have to let the balloon go if you want to see it fly.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.

The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

I think the one thing that's going on here is that people are saying, uh-oh, the Chinese economy might be slowing more than we thought and the government is having a hard time stimulating it again.

You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well. The man willna lay hands on ye again, while I live.

The magical dust of Christmas glittered on the cheeks of humanity ever so briefly, reminding us of what is worth having and what we were intended to be.

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.

If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.