You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, What do you do? And, being American, many's the time I've almost

I have been very fortunate in [the entertainment] business, and I am very grateful for that. I wish the same for everyone out there, especially everyone who dares to dream.

Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.

It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

It was our preparation, knowledge and experience that kept us alive

By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing ability to cope with disaster which is so perfectly balanced by their absolute inability to deal with success

Everyone excels in something in which another fails

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success