Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?

Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.

It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.

Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.

Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.

You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

I know when things are good or bad.

People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries."

Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors.

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

In Paris, everybody is in black! But you know, in Ukraine everyone wears bright colours.

Whenever you define who you are, you limit yourself to what you may potentially be.

I love Hollywood films and when they're done right, they're great. At the same time, I think it's always hard to come on to something that preexists.