Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat.

You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up.

The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation.

I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.

It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.

To get an effective product, you need to find your calling

The purpose of school is for children to learn, not for them to feel good about themselves all the time.

Water will, increasingly, be detained, stored and then recycled or infiltrated in gardens.

Simply because everything is perfect does not imply there is nothing to be done. Actually, it is pretty much the opposite. There is everything to be done.

Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian.

There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.

never was there a thoroughly noble nature without some romance in it.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt.

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.