Since my little daughter is only half Jewish would it be alright if she went into the pool only up to her waist?

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

I’m not aspiring to be someone else – If I’m me for the rest of my life then so be it

I dared to dream.......I dared to believe the dream.....I dared to live the dream. I am glad it became real.

If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions.

A surfeit of information often hides an untruth, ” he said, with annoying clarity.

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.

If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.

We know that progress is not inevitable. But neither was victory upon these beaches. Now, as then, the inner voice tells us to stand up and move forward. Now, as then, free people must choose.