Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's always something fishy about the French.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.

I wish you a vivacious day of love, laughter, and joy. Have an awesome birthday!

A bird only conquers the sky when it has mastered enough courage to lose sight of the ground.

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world.

When I was young I was working with a lot of people being out in the south. My uncle wrote for Al Green and I was around Al a lot.

Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had.

The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

There is just no acceptable level of any chemical to ingest, ever.