The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.

Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.

If you want to lead you must learn. If you want to continue to lead you must continue to learn.

And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.

I dote on his very absence.