You are the only one who could delay your happiness, because a peaceful state of mind is impossible without unconditional self-love.

It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.

What people decide to do is their lot.

He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.

In God's strength I could battle the giants. Alone, I was just a grasshopper.S

When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.

If you [want to] change something, come talk to me. It's the easiest solution.

'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restraints have been taken off now.

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.