"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."

"Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!"

"I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan."

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."

"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."