“A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don’t necessarily want to be alive.”

I’ve been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.

A guy walks into a psychologist’s convention with a banana in his pocket.When asked about the significance of this he says;well,they were all out of grapes.

You shouldn’t get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

Funny is funny is funny.

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

All I can say about life is “Oh God, enjoy it.

There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I’ll cry.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

So hold onto what calms your soul, for everything is temporary, hang by the moments that feel alive uncomplicate and just BE.

A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.

Make the choice; to be comfortable or to be alive.

I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.

To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.

Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.

An older guy, he’s going to show you things that a young man can’t show you. He’s going to show you how to stay alive. He’s going to show you how to turn corners where your young friends will show you how to turn right into that wall, you know what I’m saying?

I wanted to become a better Snoop Dogg, full of water, proteins and stuff to keep me alive. Lollipops and Big Macs.