“If you want to appeal to everyone, you can’t do a world tour and expect black people to show up at every date – when you’re in Australia, when you’re in Dubai, when you’re in Indonesia.”

An unemployed court jester is nobody’s fool.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

Here’s the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it’s put in a category of being a black film.

As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they’re in the kitchen cooking. So it’s understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote ‘title’ of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

Expect me to continue what I’ve been doing, which is trying to take over the world.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault – they watched the foot come towards their face.

At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not.

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‘Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you.

You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I’ll have another hour of stand-up material where I’ll be able to go on the road and tour again.

I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.

I don’t want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.

My goal is to make everyone and anyone a Kevin Hart fan.

For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.

Music is everywhere – you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It’s only fair.

Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

When I was growing up, we went to Musikfest every year, and I have vivid memories of the corn on the cob.

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.