Cheese steaks are the gastronomic icons of this ethnic city.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm.

Square meals, not adventurous ones, are what you should seek.

The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.

Cheese steaks are the gastronomic icons of this ethnic city.

I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.

All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.

Love doesn't drop on you unexpectedly; you have to give off signals, sort of like an amateur radio operator.

Berlin is my favourite city.

I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

Good words cool more than cold water.

I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

People are beautiful wrecks.

The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?

Im not the woman president of Harvard Im the president of Harvard.

I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.

I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.

Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more, unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.

It's not about changing people; it's sometimes about changing a situation. How can we build an even better situation for them?

180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable but politically dangerous.

What I do know is that with a celebrity's death comes an avalanche of media, and in that media is most often another death - it takes a life that is filled with complicated talent, hope, success and drive and reduces it to the 'story.'

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal.

The first day of 'Bling Ring,' I was so nervous and freaking out. I'm a know-it-all and was going into a situation where I couldn't predict what would happen.