Please keep off the grass.

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.

The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.