A bad penny always turns up.
A barking dog never bites.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
A change is as good as a rest.
A dog is a man's best friend.
A fish always rots from the head down.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A golden key can open any door.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good man is hard to find.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A house is not a home.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
You see people who have been very heavy in their life who have taken that body, trimmed it down, firmed it up through discipline, exercise and being able to say no. Eating properly, that all comes into it.
I believe there's good in every organization.
My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.
A fight is usually longer than five seconds.
People have black skin, people have brown skin. I have both.
I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
I'm so glad this is the last day of these thing, I get so tired of listening to my own voice.
I like finding things in locations where I've worked and things from down South and things from flea markets or even the sidewalks.
You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.
Everything this series is being built up to be - I think it's going to live up to those expectations.
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
There is no suspense in inevitability.
If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.