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.
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Let the guarantee of free speech be in every man's determination to use it, and we shall have no need of paper declarations.
You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Any place I hang my head is home.
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
History has shown there are no invincible armies.
Time is the best killer.
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.