Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
I am not young enough to know everything.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child
Certain signs precede certain events.
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Life's a journey, not a destination.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.
Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
My art and profession is to live.
You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.
When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
