I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.

The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.

A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!