The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern

If you want to know whether or not you have had a successful life, think about what people would say about you at your own funeral.

To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has. To simulate is to feign to have what one doesn't have.

They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged.

Committing your thoughts and feelings to words is like putting your soul on a plate and hoping the diners will like what they eat.

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh

What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music.

I have no political aspirations. Thats it.

Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong.

A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.