I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel.

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.

Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face.

Learn how to set goals. That's the key to everything. That includes designing your own success. You define what the goal is, it's not somebody else's goal, it's yours.

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called everybody, and they meet at the bar.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there.

There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it.

You say tomato, I say bourbon and coke.

Things don't make me nearly as happy as talking and having a beer with my friends. And that's something everyone can do.

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.

Nature was neither fair nor unfair. Those terms belonged to the world of men.

It happens to everyone and it happens fast.

History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.

Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.

Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington.

One day you are happy and laughing and the next you are crying.

I went inside my heart to see how it was. Something there makes me hear the whole world weeping.

Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.