If the word frankly or sincerely is not uttered in the first ten minutes-or let us speak openly-then you are not in the presence of a genuine businessman and he will certainly go bankrupt.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

Possessing faith is not convenient. You still have to live it.

Really, one has some friends, and when one comes to think about it it is impossible to tell how one ever became friendly with them.

I believe one of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

Sleep has no place it can call its own.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.

The quest of the truth had been born in me - the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man's quests.

I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.

One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!

It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.

Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.

Usually, someone who's in a show gets me a ticket. I feel cornered. I can't walk out if I don't like it.