Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.

The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore.

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.

You have to live your life and not count on things being there tomorrow or the next day.

If nothing on the inside spoils, nothing on the outside will either. This is the hidden secret of this world.

A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart

The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider's job is to serve the elephant.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.

Let God enlarge you when you are going through distress. He can do it. You can't do it, and others can't do it for you.

If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

Monogamy is the true path to happiness.