For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

For Sunday breakfast, I make orange and ricotta pancakes, crepes and eggs. You know men, we usually go for breakfast because it's the easiest thing to cook and then we try to make it seem fancy.

To me, the smell of fresh-made coffee is one of the greatest inventions.

The longer it takes you to become successful, the harder it will be for somebody else to take it away from you.

If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Salvatore Ferragamo have done some nice handmade suits for me.

Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that's baked instead of fried.

If you put Buddha, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Shakespeare, Arjuna, Krishna at a dinner table together, I can't see them having an argument.

Unless you're willing to fail miserably in the pursuit of your dreams, you'll never make it.

If forensic analysts confiscated your calendar and e-mail records and Web browsing history for the past six months, what would they conclude are your core priorities?

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do than what one can.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear it is in the mind.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

Meditation is a process of liquefying the self temporarily and then allowing the self to rebind. The ice melts and then it comes back again.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

I spent my childhood outdoors on my grandparents' farm. I learned to ride a motorbike when I was about six, a little PeeWee 50. I'd climb trees - there was a big weeping willow.

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.