From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 good personality. From 55 on she needs good cash. I'm saving my money.

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.

The secret of longevity... Is to keep breathing!

I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people.

The key to longevity: keep breathing.

I have been poor and I have been rich. Rich is better.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

It is a commentary on Berlin in 1931 that ... it was 'My Yiddishe Momme' that the Berlin Broadcasting Company asked for.

The secret to longevity is to keep breathing.

Keep breathing.

Normal people attempt countless goals with limited success. Weird people focus on just one God-given objective with tremendous results.

In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race

Education was almost entirely a matter of luck — usually of ill-luck — in those distant days.

You know, Barack Obama is a man of great dignity. And I could tell how much it bothered him and annoyed him that this [birther lie] was being touted and used against him.

Success is overrated.

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

Always be kind in your heart, spirit and mind.

I am so fed up and joyless that not only have I nothing to fill my soul, I cannot even conceive of anything that could possibly satisfy it - alas, not even the bliss of heaven.