I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

• I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
• Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
• If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
• Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
• Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
• If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
• If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
• Humor is just another defense against the universe.
• Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
• A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.