A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: "Run your own race, put on your blinders."

Dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable. Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

That girl had a great way of making friends, and strangers, and anyone else who was around.

Age - it's the one mountain you can't overcome.

Learn what not to expect. Irish catholic they get sh**** little rings. Irish women get crappy rings. Baptist get the worst because they get the rings under water. When it comes up, it's garbage. Jewish, big rings. Episcopalian big rings. Italians-the best, because they get them off of dead people, and second wives get the biggest rings of all.

I am not lucky. I am the type who would go to Lourdes and drown in the waters.