In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it’s not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

Imagination decides everything.

Fashion breaks my heart.

I won’t do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can’t, it’s not gonna make the team.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.

I’m 5’11, so when I wear heels, it’s definitely a really good view that I have. I’m, like, 6’2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot.

A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don’t notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

We spend so much time sublimatin‘, thinkin‘ about, ‚What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?‘

You can’t have a value structure without a hierarchy. They’re the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‚why?‘ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‚why not?‘

I am always wary of decisions made hastily. I am always wary of the first decision, that is, the first thing that comes to my mind if I have to make a decision. This is usually the wrong thing. I have to wait and assess, looking deep into myself, taking the necessary time.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

You’ve got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you’ve got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

Don’t dress to kill, dress to survive.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

I think my style is probably more of a classic look.

I didn’t take many penalties, but I never missed one.

The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

I am not a crook.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I like a colorful sock. I’m a sock man.

A promise must never be broken.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

One of my proudest moments is I didn’t sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.

Solutions are not the answer.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts… to my surprise… almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity, and that includes all kinds of parts.

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‚Is it safe?‘ Expediency asks the question, ‚Is it politic?‘ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‚Is it popular?‘ But Conscience asks the question, ‚Is it right?‘

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.