My agent said to me five years ago, 'Hugh, I can see one day you... if I had to plan a goal for you, it's for you to have the kind of career that Sinatra had.'

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.

Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that's baked instead of fried.

For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.

If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.

Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing.

When you feel at peace with your troubles, they turn into lessons and ladders to help you climb to the next level of your evolution

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don’t know how I can ever express my gratitude for that because my parents would have been a mess.

Barack Obama knows a lot about a lot of things.

Whatever is beautiful is also profitable.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.