You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Nobody really needs a mink coat... Except the mink.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on a camel train to Samarkand.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

If we go back to the heyday of that era I think we will see replicated again the extraordinary human damage that we as a nation have suffered from.

Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.

To be a true success, you must prepare yourself for an ocassional failure to gain experience and wisdom.

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?

I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.

In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group.

Sure you're powerless, sure you're just one person, sure you can't change anything but you don't have to be miserable about it as well.

My mission has always been to do something that suits everybody.

If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not follow him, but retreat and try to entice him away.

Be true to your own highest convictions.