 All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better place. At the end of the program, I say that heaven is a place where you are happy. All of the religions have that in common. |
| I didn't have a very religious family. |
| First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish. |
| I can get a better grasp of what is going on in the world from one good Washington dinner party than from all the background information NBC piles on my desk. |
| If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative. |
| A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. |
| To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling. |
| No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't. |
| Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met. |
| To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated. |
| Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there. |
| Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people. |
| I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion. |
| Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time. |
| One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. |
| Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties. |
| A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval. |
| Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out. |
| The world may be full of fourth-rate writers but it's also full of fourth-rate readers. |
| Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't. |
