I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

Just believe in yourself and work really hard. And when doors open, take advantage of every opportunity you can.

When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

I want to keep working, I want to keep doing my humanitarian stuff around the world, shining light on different places that have problems. Keep making movies, make people laugh.

I am Jewish. My real name is Chris Tuckenberg. A lot of people don't know about that.

One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Jesus can identify with our weaknesses or failures because He shared in our humanity in the flesh.

You crawled inside myribs to die. Giant becomes squirrelbecomes a dirt-wet girlfeverishly alive.

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul.

I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.

My father is a guy who will fight and he will fight for America and he's always fought for himself.

To talk about realizing the Self is discontinuous because there is nothing to realize but the Self. There is nothing but realization.

Rather a man with 50 per cent ability and 100 per cent character than a man with 100 per cent ability and 50 per cent character.

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel.

The dance grew into a colorful flower bouquet which caught and contained the glow of sun-happy summer days, the secret of star-studded nights, and the wistful sweetness of overcast and rainy hours.

Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.