In your heart of hearts, I believe all of you around this table know what this country needs.

You can forget Stalin, ” he said, pledging his allegiance. “We’re not the History Channel.

One must undertake everything with utter, fanatical determination. Or one will get nowhere.

But with superior morale, with an unwavering, fanatical spirit, everything is possible!

All the whispering, glaring, pointing and judging makes them no better than whoever or whatever it is they're gossiping about.

Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

Being from New York, I wonder why am I inspired by bluegrass and Earl Scruggs? But when I look at the whole history of the banjo, I feel really good about it, including the Earl Scruggs part.

Walter Matthau made all the big money and he was wonderful as Oscar Madison on the stage. You couldn't beat him. I know because I replaced him on Broadway. He was just delightful.

Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.

You can never have too much, butter.

My heart has jet lag.

If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.

I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!