If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one which we preach, but do not practice, and another which we practice, but seldom preach.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

Keep burning the flame of discontent within you until you get the joy of satisfaction.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

Today, ... anything you can come up with that works is worth trying.

He taught me the difference between a good single malt whisky and a bad one.

... the art of politics is to be ahead of your time--about six months will do it. Any more than that, and people forget you were there.

We are all wired into a survival trip, now.

I've abused myself a lot over the years. But my voice is still intact - really, it's better.

I've actually always wanted to make something like an acoustic record.

Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.

When you look at someone like Sacha Baron Cohen, you have to really respect the boundaries he is pushing as Bruno or Borat.