Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.
When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they'd say, 'Hey, that 14-year-old kid may be going places. ' Of course it's also a good prop on the stage. . . When you can't think of what you're supposed to say next, you can puff on your cigar until you think of your next line.
I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.
With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.
Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria.
Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know.
Entrepreneurship is essentially identifying the path that everyone takes; and choosing a different, better way.
I had a battle going on in my head: shall I just enjoy my life and then convert on my deathbed? But I felt I couldn't do that - it was now or never - so I took a step of faith and became a Christian.