Honestly, I think I've stretched a talent which is so thin it's almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.

When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep. And I fall asleep ... counting my blessings.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

Frank (Frank Sinatra) is a singer who comes along once in a lifetime, but why did he have to come in mine?

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me ... We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.

You'll never be a wonderful woman or even a wonderful human being until you learn to have some regard for human frailty.

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified-if he does it right.

[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

I'll keep singing 'till I die.

Emotions like these didn't happen to regular, everyday people. They couldn't or else the entire world would be fornicating all the time.

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.

Refocusing on what you do want will take you in the direction of what you want.

Forgiveness is mandatory; reconciliation is optional.

If you put enough sheep together you have a herd- a force to be reckoned with.

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

The function of poetry is to point out that the sign is not identical to the referent.

If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires.