The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

And when my days run out, I will have lived just a blink of time and the rest will be eternal joy.

He needs to be punished because the law hasn't punished him. He's never done any hard time.

I'm a showgirl, as you can tell. I'm ever ready.

Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion.

Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.

Seek not a lighthouse greater than the human mind! Believe not the existence of an emotion nobler than the compassion!

The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.

Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.

I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work.

My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school.