Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.

You have All it takes to be Great, See the unseen, Give the Good in your hand now to Activate that Great Grace for Greatness.

The struggles women face today are simultaneously very, very old and very new.

I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.

Though everyone has an equal right to speak, not all have earned an equal right to be taken seriously.

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

Practice makes the Master. You can reconcile what you are and what you want to be.

Some people do have a very innate sexuality to them. I may or may not have it, but it makes people see you in a certain light that has nothing to do with me.

Quality doesn't improve by sitting on things.