You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

i never learned anything while i was talking.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.

I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.

The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.

You know what amazes me about UFO's? They never land at the White House. They always land at laramie, Wyoming. Thiry miles out, where they're seen by one farmer.

Awkward silences rule the world. People are so terrified of awkward silences that they will literally go to war rather than face an awkward silence.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

A gust of wind set the leaves of grass to dancing and celebrated the grass's song before it died.

Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all.

The world would be a pretty dull place if it were made up only of the first-rate, right?

I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it.

Life itself is vanishing fast. Make haste for eternity.

Id like an omelet named after me.

Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy; don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan from people who can help you move it forward.