I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people.

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.

The secret of longevity... Is to keep breathing!

The key to longevity: keep breathing.

I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

It is a commentary on Berlin in 1931 that ... it was 'My Yiddishe Momme' that the Berlin Broadcasting Company asked for.

The secret to longevity is to keep breathing.

Keep breathing.

Success ... depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

The world is quiet here.

My brain has become my enemy. We fight over creation and his need for sleep.

I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

This is still a lot of blocking and tackling. I'm not seeing the kind of vision thing associated with a frothy market.

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

Baseball’s absolute unpredictability makes amateurs of us all.

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin with his big-swollen face?