There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.

How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Education is the key to liberty.

I couldn't do anything without faith. I couldn't open up my eyes, I couldn't walk, I couldn't speak, I couldn't sing.

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

Swimming in my Daddy's big nuts

Memorizing the work of others definitely made me a better writer.

My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.

No amount of misfortune will satisfy the man who is not satisfied with reading a hundred epigrams.

Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the twilight depths where sweep In ceaseless thirst great teeth too swift to fail.

If a comic comes out on the scene and it's really knock-out brilliant, the community is pretty good about getting the word about good newcomers.

We'll fight terror like there's no peace, and make peace like there's no terror.