Never give up on learning because what you put up there in your brain, ” he indicated my head with his index finger, “the Communists won’t ever be able to take away from you.

Man is by nature a curious animal. You can hide the truth from him temporarily, but not for ever.

He thought of his wife, of his son, of his youth. He thought of life. He thought of death and then he thought of life again.

Stalin is dead! Stalin is dead! No school today!” we yelled. “Stalin is dead! No school today...” was a chant to linger in my ears for years to come.

The cane leaves a mark on your flesh for a few hours, a day or two. The good answers to the questions leave a mark on your brain for many years, sometimes even for life, ” my father said.

The night I was born, my great uncle Moanea, the village forester, shot a wolf. The villagers roasted it in the fire and fed the meat to the dogs.

Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.

This boy needs a dog.What makes you say that?He needs someone or something to play with besides his phone and an old man and an old woman doddering around.

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and boulders.

All the information you need is available to you to have a successful career in music, if you're paying attention, and not closed off to anything. Remember, Perseverance is King.

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

We are all more similar than we usually realize.

I didn't hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.