The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender

Either a man goes and hangs himself, and then he hangs sure enough, and he'll have his reasons for it, or else he goes on living and then he has only living to bother himself with. Simple enough.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses

Happiness is a dry martini and a good woman ... or a bad woman.

I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

Sometimes happiness is a blessing, but generally it is a conquest. Each day's magic moment helps.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle in destroying white supremacy is the hatred and hostility that Africans have for each other.

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.

I was a comedian in Russia, and I worked on the cruise ships there. I met a lot of Americans, and they were laughing even though I didn't speak their language.