If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.

Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that's baked instead of fried.

For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.

If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.

Never stop exploring... with Mother Nature by your side, the possibilities are endless.

Joy is found when you focus your energy on improving human dignity, human capacity and human values.

Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes.

I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances.

The question for us is not what new story will come out next. The question is, what are we going to do about it?

You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.

When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.

Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.

In fact, I had previously helped train one of the FBI agents who searched my apartment.