These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Understanding anyone begins with the person's family history and the culture he or she is a part of.

Never lose time in sending the scapegoat to the slaughterhouse.

It is the adventure and uncertainties of the journey that makes life so beautiful and interesting.

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

There are in life a few moments so beautiful,that even words are a sort of profanity.

I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.

Caesar was Rome's escape from communism. I expect no Caesar; I find on our map no Rubicon. But then I expect to see communistic madness rebuked and ended.

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.