You can have either the Resurrection or you can have Liberace. But you can't have both.

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.

Men's clothes are becoming kind of mod. They're becoming more colorful and more flamboyant, and the male peacock is beginning to show his true plumage.

Why don't I just step out and slip into something more spectacular?

If I were President, I would spend the money that is spent on wars every 20 years and spend it on giving people work. Let them build roads, bridges, buildings, schools.

Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals.

I had to dare a little bit. Who am I kidding-I had to dare a lot. Dont wear one ring, wear five or six. People ask how I can play with all those rings, and I reply, Very well, thank you.

You know the bank I used to cry all the way to. I bought it.

My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle.

I don't give concerts, I put on a show.

Life is uncertain, we can only hope.

A man who is afraid will do anything.

You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.

Yes, women are homemakers - and the entire earth is our home. Yes, we are here to take care of the children - and every child in the world is one of our own.

Always have a backup plan.

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.