It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

That's what I wanted. Something to enrich me, to make me feel better about the things in my life that I could never change." - Page 56

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.

When I have come to you, at last (as I have always done), I have come to peace and happiness. I come home, now, like a tired traveller, and find such a blessed sense of rest!

They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when I’m inspired. They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.

Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it.

I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go.

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

Fate is the magnetic pull of our souls toward the people, places, and things we belong with.

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.