You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something(All The King's Men)

Never despise the talents you have. It is by them that you will do something that has not yet come into existence until you were born.

The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

To live in the moment is truly an art and is truly a talent, because when you live in the moment then you are truly the master of your whole life and you'll have the best times.

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

Never, ever get satisfied; keep the carrot in front of the horse.

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.

I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.