A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Just be happy that it is what it is and not what it could be because after all, it could always be worse

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.

I don't know what the f--k I'm talking about with parenting.

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility.

People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on The Daily Show ... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

I think there will be linkages between the U.S. and Europe and I think there will be linkages between the U.S. and Asia; that is probably a little further off.

Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.