No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
I was a little fat pudgy kid with big thick glasses, and I was quiet and never said a word, you know - teachers loved me, straight-A student.
Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!
All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I have even heard it said that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
She finally said: 'I want to provide you with the opportunity to be free to make a choice of belonging with someone, but never to someone else'.
In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.
My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.
My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'
Someone said: friends are the thiefs of time. I shall add: of time, freedom, life; and givers of best memories, brightest moments, true feelings.
Master Plato once said that Lux est umbra Dei; light is the shadow of God. I say this way: Light is the god of shadow!
The only known technique to an imitator is to steal and rephrase, then with a mischievous smile, he said, "i did it", without any confidence and prove.
There's something to be said about silence; it can be a moment of truth, or a moment of connection to other like minded people.
That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts.
When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.
Washington told Wall Street, 'We're going to let y'all regulate yourselves.' The Republicans were in charge. They never said a word.
The doctor said that every man will have cancer if he lives to be old enough. I don't know why I got it - I ain't old.
I met my husband at the rehearsal of a play. We were introduced, and he shook my hand without looking at me and said perfunctorily, 'Pleased to meet you.'
I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.
One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do.
I have a phenomenal memory. I remember every single thing that anybody said to me, ever did to me, who was nice to me and who was not nice to me.
I still feel like an immature idiot inside, but I look in the mirror and - as a friend of mine once said- this old guy keeps getting in the way.