Winning friends begins with friendliness.

By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

There is only one excuse for a speaker's asking the attention of his audience: he must have either truth or entertainment for them.

Suppose you had inherited the same body and temperament and mind that Al Capone had. Suppose you had had his environment and experiences. You would then be precisely what he was. . . . For it is those things - and only those things - that made him what he was. . . . You deserve very little credit for being what you are - and remember, the people who come to you irritated, bigoted, unreasoning, deserve very little discredit for being what they are.

You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them to have a good time meeting you.

People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?

People are not interested in you. They are not interested in me. They are interested in themselves - morning, noon and after dinner.