We say that "to let woman drive a car is like to let monkey fly a plane".

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.

I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

No Bible, Quran or Veda can give you religion.

being a harp which the least wind of emotion from another’s heart could make to vibrate as readily as a radical stir in her own.

I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.

This is what you are here for: to glorify God and enjoy Him thoroughly and forever, telling the universe how great God is.

Excess weakens the spirits.

We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.

I don't even have a type! I don't have a physical type. I have an emotional type.

Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.