We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

And he that will go to bed sober, Falls with the leaf still in October.

Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.

Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a fraud, and a phony. That’s because we were. – p. 74

The fertilising conflict of individualities is the ultimate meaning of the personal life.

The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.

Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.

Broke with nothing to live for and damn ready to die young. I'm the shadow behind the gun, look what I've become.

I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life at 45 ... I didn't know this exercise thing felt so good.

When people want me to sign an autograph in a restaurant, and I'm eating. I don't even have to say no, I just kind of stop and look at them ... "Oh, okay. I'll ... I'll come back."

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.