Im off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.

The world is grand, awfully big and astonishingly beautiful, frequently thrilling.

I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.

My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win

Why can't I be the adorable one?

I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic.

I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric.

Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it

Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think

Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.

If you want a world ruled by law and not by force you must build up, from the very grassroots, a respect for law.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

The attributes you need to be a travel writer are somewhat contradictory. For travel you need to be tough and resilient and to write you must be sensitive and sympathetic.

When something has been perfect, there is a tendency to try hard to repeat it.

There is no human reason to be here, except for the sheer ecstasy of being crowded together.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

Talent is like money; you don't have to have some to talk about it.

If you can't eat it, drink it, smoke it, or snort it... then f*ck it!

I can't see any advantage to fame. I'm happy with the life I have now. I've got the same two friends I've had since I was 12, and I can't see that changing.

His father was no man's friend but his own, and he is no man's for else.