The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.

The best is yet to come and won't that be fine.

Bad reviews I've gotten never diminished the number of people in my audience; good reviews have never added to the number of people in my audience; be your own critic.

Orange is the happiest color.

For my money Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business.

(While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get famous to get an award for helping other people...If your name is John Doe, and you work night and day doing things for your helpless neighbors, what you get for your effort is tired. So, Mr. and Mrs. Doe, and all of you who give of yourselves, to those who carry too big a burden to make it on their own, I want you to reach out and take your share of this...Because if I have earned it, so too have you.

If I had done everything I'm credited with, I'd be speaking to you from a laboratory jar at Harvard.