Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man..

Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before..

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Elvis eleven..

Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he h….

My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear..

Talk about handicap - I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew..

You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else..

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun.".

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity..

A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made..

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present..

Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves..

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted..

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent..

The ultimate mystery is one's own self..

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start runn….

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else..

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other..

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived..

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly..