I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able to view what I was performing myself as an art form.
I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.
There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom.
If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.
Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.
I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.
The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. People are doing it around you all the time. They give up their careers, say - or their beliefs - or sex.
They spend their time looking forward to the past.
I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.
For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue.
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.