I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world.

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

There are many people out there who don't even think of themselves as being averse to facts, but the truth is, they are not getting it.

I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I don't think things are getting more insane. I do know that the country is more divided than it's ever been. Tensions in America are at their peak.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

Programming language is to the computer

Dialect words - those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.

So sad, so fresh the days that are no more.

It must be hard just to be someone's girlfriend.

The only real problem in life is what to do next.

For myself, I can't understand a life without a job. I don't know what I would do without employment. Retirement is out of the question for me.

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

The Beltway is waking up to the realities of Prsident Obam's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see.

I'm a decent cook, and I will try to cook anything. My only weakness is that I don't know servings - I only know how to make a lot.