"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence"

"Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre"

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"

"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough"

"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see"

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation"

"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas"

"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?"

"Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste"

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time"