it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.

Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

What I know about money, I learned the hard way – by having had it.

Identity is not found, the way Pharaoh's daughter found Moses in the bulrushes. Identity is built.

The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.

The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

He must have had a magnificent build before his stomach went in for a career of its own.

Your wife is your life. Don't let strife thrive in your union.

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

When you sacrifice, you force others to sacrifice. It's an extremely powerful weapon.

People say a lot of things, like "You can't teach personality" or "You can't teach charisma," and I find that it's not true.

I'm the worst at favourites! I don't have one - I love all my children, I love them all equally.

That's the brutality of a breakup, isn't it? The people leaving think they did everything possible, the people left behind think what is possible hasn't even been tested yet.

Well, Ben Rogers, if I was as ignorant as you I wouldn't let on.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.

I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes.