“You can’t hate anybody till you hate yourself and you can’t love anybody till you love yourself.”

Marijuana is a very dangerous drug. Some people smoke it just once and go directly into politics.

The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn’t feel so great about ourselves, and we didn’t know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval.

We have a presidential election coming up. And I think the big problem, of course, is that someone will win.

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

Persist! The world needs all you can give.

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.