Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate

You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

We absolutely must battle with every bit of determination we can muster to root out the harm that would warp the souls and spirits of children in our world.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Nobody on my staff is on salary. The money goes straight to the charities.

We all know now that people can look good for their age. It isn't so extraordinary, I don't know why people go on about it so much.

Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself.

To most of America, war has become not only tolerable but profitable, and so there is no longer any great incentive to end it.

Im known for impressions and family stories.

Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.

We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write, 'Friday, Nov. 8. Three o'clock. Have a genius creative idea.'