A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due

The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself

Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.

We need moral leadership and courage in our world.

Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music.

I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American.

Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.

We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die.

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.

You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.