I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

You don't need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?'

Drug companies are a bit like high school boyfriends - they're much more concerned with getting inside you than being effective once they're in there.

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

News is not a game show. You don't win a car if you happen to be right.

Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.

One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

The Confederate flag is one of those things that should only be seen on t-shirts, belt buckles and bumper stickers to help the rest of us identify the worst people in the world.

Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children.

Enjoy every minute. There's plenty of time to be dead.

You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.

Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die.

If you believe you can do a thing, you can do it.

Every organism exists as a vehicle for the ennoblement of water into consciousness.

What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination

They tax when you earn a dollar, they tax you when you save it, they tax you when you invest it. If you earn a dividend, they tax it again, and if you're stupid enough to die, they steal up to half.

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer.