Whereas your blackness, ethnicity, homosexuality is something that might be genetic, I can't touch that, and I have no right.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show.

If you've had the time to think about it, then you have time to pursue it.

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.

It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'

I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself.

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.

Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times?

My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss.

Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.

I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it's all natural.