I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise.

I don't drink any more than the man next to me, and the man next to me is Dean Martin.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

I drink to forget I drink.

I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise.

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster.

They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses.

I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.

You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor.

I always wake up at the crack of ice.

We can afford almost any mistake once.

A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty.

Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

I'm still chasing girls. I don't remember what for, but I'm still chasing them.

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.

Show me a man with very little money and I will show you a bum.

I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points.

I follow the horses. And the horses I follow, follow horses.

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

For me, learning music and playing music and learning your instrument has incredible parallels for our day-to-day existence as human beings. All the ideas of discipline, and having a sense of yourself and translating that to music, that's all part of life's journey.

My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there.

If I had made it in cheerleading, I would have never been an actress.

My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.

The American Dream has been defended, in every generation, by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for America. They are our greatest national treasure. They deserve a serious Commander-in-Chief.

When I was a kid, the people that used to push other people around, if someone whacked them, then they wouldn't be pushing people around again. But you can't really do that with adults.

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy we lose our humanity.

For billionaires who cannot buy good press, there is the option of buying the press.

Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.

I don't have an image that I'm trying to, like, portray. I'm just being me.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

I feel like I should be a really happy, bubbly person to correspond with my good fortune, but I'm more of a this-could-dry-up-any-minute person who tries to enjoy it while it lasts. And if it does dry up, I'll still have the people I love, and I'll just figure out how to pay rent.

I'm always attracted to people who interest me. They've got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They're interested in people.

Bad habits fill needs so find good alternatives for them.

The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.

Good teachers are those who know how little they know. Bad teachers are those who think they know more than they dont know.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

If I want to kiss, I shall kiss. If I am told that a lovemaking scene is integral to the script, I will consider it.

I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.

I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companies.