Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.

I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.

I don't know if I'm brave.

To see the Summer SkyIs Poetry, though never in a Book it lie—True Poems flee—

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. "That's what you get for leaving your wallet on the kitchen table.

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.

I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.

Cow preservation is an article of faith in Hinduism.

Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange

Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.