I've met a lot of pin-up girls, but I've never been able to pin one down

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.

I believe a leader is inspired by his/her team to lead them.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.

Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.

Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.

I loved being around live rocking music, but I never knew what to do with myself socially at a show or club. I discovered that the dance floor was the perfect place to hide in plain sight.

I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.

You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.

The Biblical story of the creation is an excellent parable of movement. The work of art, too, is above all a process of creation, it is never experienced as a mere product.

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to integrate that.