Only by doing the best we can with the very best that an era offers, do we find the way to do better in the future.

Other intelligent life-forms will differ greatly in appearance - they may resemble the creature in E.T. or startle us with their beauty - but life itself is common, I'm certain.

Is there intelligent life on Earth?

Never have children, only grandchildren.

As I learnt very early in my life in Whitehall the acid test of any political question is: What is the alternative?

Your attitude is like the aroma of your heart. If your attitude stinks, it means your heart’s not right.

The psychiatrists say that everybody should have a hobby. The hobby I recommend is advertising

Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution.

Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.

Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.

We are all cells in the same body of humanity.

I got into trad jazz, then modern jazz, then avant-garde jazz, between the ages of 16 to 18.

It don't last forever, the pain. Realize that tomorrow is coming. Move further from this pain and this stress.