Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

The process is the most beautiful part.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

The only music I don't like is bad music.

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube

I could not flourish in the Hollywood system because the first thing spoken about is "What genre is it?" and "Who's it for?" It's a very strange question to me; it's for human beings.

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert.

In the whole of the New Testament there is not one joke, that fact alone would invalidate any book.

Adam Sandler is a really funny guy in real life. Separate from all of the movies, that is a funny man.

"Why doesn't the fellow who says, "I'm no speechmaker," let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration? "

Everything is cyclical. Historical eras go through times of intense cynicism, broken by periods of intense idealism.

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

When the storm brews and the waves swell, only an experienced captain can control the ship and save it.

Relativity must replace absolutism in the realm of morals as well as in the spheres of physics and biology.