Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less.

The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time it’s learned.

I’ve always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words.

The true measure of the value of any business leader and manager is performance.

I don’t need therapy. I’m not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

I’ve always had to conquer fear when I’m on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It’s absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I’m okay. It’s like I’m out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.

I write all my sermons.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Many people listen to what I have to say and I appear a lot in media, so therefore I influence a lot of people and therefore I have a bigger responsibility because I have a bigger platform.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

My name can’t be that tough to pronounce!

I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.

There are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.

The way I talk is bizarre.

The capability of negotiating… is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.

It’s a very good question, very direct, and I’m not going to answer it.

‚Good English‘ is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

I want to negotiate what I’m worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be like, ‚This is what I’m owed now. Pay me.‘ And then we can talk.

You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people’s command of English – that’s nonsense.

I don’t profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance.

If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of ‚em and I could deliver with the best of ‚em.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one’s never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.

Dancing in high heels is kind of tough. I learn the dances without the heels, and then we add them. We just practice, and I get used to it. My feet hurt really badly at the end of the shows, but it’s fun. While it’s happening it’s fun. I feel tall.

The secret to the movie business, or any business, is to get a good education in a subject besides film – whether it’s history, psychology, economics, or architecture – so you have something to make a movie about. All the skill in the world isn’t going to help you unless you have something to say.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

Here in the West, people often don’t like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.

A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.

Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They’re keeping up with their friends and family, but they’re also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand. They’re connecting with the audience that they want to connect to. It’s almost a disadvantage if you’re not on it now.

I don’t want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He’s a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

I want to show audiences I can act.

When I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

I don’t like talking to celebrities.

I’m not actually a very keen performer. I like putting shows together. I like putting events together. In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it’s the recording or the performance side.

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it’s always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

In my neighborhood, when you’ve got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

It is not, of course, complete yet – but some sentences were understood this afternoon… I feel that I have at last struck the solution of a great problem – and the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid onto houses just like water or gas – and friends converse with each other without leaving home.

When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference.

Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.