Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.

Never underestimate human stupidity.

My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.

May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.

The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.

The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you.

Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.

Love surrounds you like steam in the shower. You can't see the individual drops, but you get warm. And wet. And clean.

I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did Reno 911! for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing, and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the Star Trek thing.