Great Throughts Treasury

"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money. When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.""

"I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance."

"I kept learning to play new instruments simply to give me some vocal relief."

"After 9/11 we couldn't have had enough airplanes for the people who were volunteering to go. Now with 9/11 being as far removed as it is, the war being up one day and down the next, it becomes increasingly difficult to get people to go."

"I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names."

"And I say it's not. I tell them these men and women are over there because our country sent them, and we have the absolute necessity to try to bring them as much happiness as we can."

"But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend."

"I don't really believe in regrets."

"If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today."

"I love taking chances."

"I've always had great faith in people."

"I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs."

"Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before."

"Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen."

"One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration."

"When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends."

"When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life."

"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money."

"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth."

"There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself."