That's the nature of my [stand-up] act: black man with a white baby.

I think a lot of people get into stand-up to be the center of attention, which is perfectly legitimate. But I think I got in there to be heard.

You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism.

Comedy is like expensive cheese. Well, it's like cheese, in general. Everybody likes what they like, and everything they don't like, they think is the worst.

I'm of the opinion that if you step on stage and you're not a straight white male, you're automatically making a political statement whether you know it or not.

It doesn't do any good to just be on the side of black people. The funnier comedic position is to be on the side of oppressed people in general.

I feel like you can share as many jokes as you want to because no joke you do on Twitter is ever gonna be so big on Twitter, for the most part, that you can't say it on stage that same night.

If I could email my jokes to the crowd and get the same immediate response [as during stand-up], I'd do that.

Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.

I'm a dad, and that's really important to me, and I realize now that I'm a dad that it's a major part of my identity.

You pretty much have to be bad at it [stand-up] for several years to get good at it, so there's no avoiding embarrassing yourself.

Okay, ” he said, his breath hitching, his hands shaking like hell as he pried her arms from around his neck and set her away., Darcy, I want you so bad I'm afraid I'm going to hurt you.

Having contentment and gratitude in the present moment is the surest way to achieve success.

This simple accident of falling in love is as beneficial as it is astonishing.

It's cute how I used to think this 'barely holding it together' feeling was temporary.

Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

We've been like that all season. They're starting to have the vision I've been asking them to have for a while. Our settled, normal offense stuff, we need to work on that.

Since the Lord will not force you to learn, you must exercise your agency to authorize the Spirit to teach you.

I'm always glad that other people are way smarter about my poems than I am.

It is Proust's courtesy to spare the reader the embarrassment of believing himself cleverer than the author.