If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.

Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

The people who are out to destroy the environment think they're going to get away with it. Are they breathing different air than we're breathing? Are they eating different food? I mean, where do they think they're going to go? What do they think is going to be better than what they have destroyed? I just don't get it.

We are all part of the ecosystem.

Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.