All the learnin’ my father paid for was a bit o’ birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.
[moving to Las Vegas] It was sort of like a man getting married – you don’t have to go out looking for girls, you’ve got your girl with you. I could go to casinos any time I had money and wanted to, so I actually went less.
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American’s capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
Don’t give up trying to do what you really want. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
If you are able to look yourself in the mirror every day with the decisions that you make, that’s where power starts.
The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
I have two daughters, and we live here in Manhattan, and having gone through the Manhattan kindergarten application process, nothing will ever rival the stress of that.
Prison sentences are a lot like penises – if they’re used correctly, even a short one can do the trick… is a rumor I have heard.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
I can’t understand guys who just have to have your autograph. What do you do when you get home, take it out and look at it?
Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don’t think about until there’s a problem.
Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.
There is no such thing as ugly. That’s a word that doesn’t really enter my vocabulary. If there’s any definition to being perfect, you’re perfect at being yourself.
It’s up to the individual to keep up with the times.
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
You gotta wear the right trousers if you’re gonna be a rock star.
If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.
Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or dont find meaning but ‘steal’ some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesnt make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.
