I’ve never gotten over what they call stagefright. I go through it every show. I’m pretty concerned, I’m pretty much thinking about the show. I never get completely comfortable with it, and I don’t let the people around me get comfortable with it, in that I remind them that it’s a new crowd out there, it’s a new audience, and they haven’t seen us before. So it’s got to be like the first time we go on.
I am self-created. I always wanted to make myself a better person because I wasn’t educated. But that was my dream – to have class.
All warfare is based on deception.
I only earn 11 kroner per trip I sell, but it also becomes a part when I sell a million trips a year.
Sometimes, the wrong train takes you to the right station.
If a man says you’re ugly, he’s just mean. If a woman says you’re ugly, she’s just jealous. If a kid says you’re ugly, you’re ugly.
Of course, I have nothing against the language changing, but there must be reasonableness in it, so that it does not become a mere gas can. On the other hand, new words are sometimes added that I wouldn’t do without – for example, “smug”. It’s my new favorite word. It’s a wonderfully oily word, a precise word that covers a certain type of person with a high degree of self-confidence in their own abilities.
There’s one thing worse than being boring. It is to be immoral
When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving, him a liar: you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Those who have never made a mistake have never tried anything new.
If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.
In this house, I’m not famous. Because the dog doesn’t care. And my children hopefully appreciate me more for our regular interaction and conversations,
When you are extra strong, you have a special obligation to be sweet to others
It is better to be one of those who sometimes go wrong than one of those who do not go at all.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
The early bird catches the worm. The early worm gets eaten.
Suicide is never the answer. You must outlive your enemies.
I have no vices only desires.
Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.
I’m attracted to myths.
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.
…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired at the age of eighteen.
I can’t give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everybody.
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.