Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is.

In Russia you learn patience, " said Ivan. "In America you learn action.

A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

My mother always wanted me to be a jazz singer, but I always wanted to be raunchy.

I have made a short excursion into the new world which the Indian dwells in, or is. He begins where we leave off.

So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

In our beginnings lies our journey's end.

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're licensed to do that. It's an understood relationship. You walk on stage - it's your job.

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.