"When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example."

“If I am going to get in a cab to go home, and I see a sign for an open house, I will go in. I like real estate because I am the boss.”

Source : "Bankruptcy? Tougher Than Counseling a Soprano" by Geraldine Fabrikant, www.nytimes.com. January 1, 2006.

“You're my all-in Della. I'll throw it all away for you. I just want you. I'm all in, baby. This life with you, I'm planning on us.”

“Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.”

Source : "Of Myth And Men". Interview with Bill Moyers, content.time.com. April 18, 1999.

“Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.”

“Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.”

“Make sure with the time that you have, you really make an impact on people.”

“I firmly believe that a representational painting is only as strong as its abstract components.”

“It is true that zeal is the soul of the virtues, but most certainly, Monsieur, it must be according to knowledge, as Saint Paul says; that means: according to knowledge of experience. And because young people ordinarily do not possess this experiential knowledge, their zeal goes to excess, especially in those who have a natural asperity.”