But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism.

When a bad experience happens, you just chalk it up to the great fact that you just got five more jokes in the show.

As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.

A comedian needs to have his own filters, needs to know his audience, how far he can push things.

I've always said that instead of watching a guy juggle seven things amazingly I would rather see a really bad juggler who's really funny.

If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?

Everybody has their favorite character.That's the only way I pick, whatever is going on in society, whatever I think folks will laugh at that's what I come up with.

I started in a business background, but then it was like, 'you know, I can't do math,' so I changed it to a liberal arts degree and got my Bachelor of Arts in Communications and it made sense.

I've got an answer to where Osama bin Laden is and I know, he's dead and living in my suitcase with my dummies.'

I used to pick Priuses out of the grill of my Hummer.

You never know how long your fifteen minutes of fame is going to last.

I’ is your own Self, only this much is to be ‘realized’!

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.

I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men--and closes its hearts to none.

College was a blast. My three years of college were the best years of my life.

It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.

I'll kind of tend to beat myself up because I just want it to sound better than better.

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars.

I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.