A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.

You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.

Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.

After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw.

Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.