The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Books do not make life easier or more simple, but harder and more interesting.

The conservatives nearly always tolerate the demagogue while he is destroying liberals.

A tablecloth restaurant is still one of the great rewards of civilization.

I remember how often some of us walked out of the darkness of the Lower East Side and into the brilliant sunlight of Washington Square.

No man does right by a woman at a party.

If the roof caves in and the tenants are sitting in the debris, they will laugh like hell. They will endure any hardship as long as it means trouble for the landlord.

An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down.

I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?

Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.

You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.

Eureka! (I have found it!).

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.

The Hamas organization is unwilling to honor the obligations that the Palestinian Authority has signed.

When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them.

Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort.