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Later on, towards the end of their lives, I thanked her. I said, "Mom, you were really tough." She said, "I wasn't tough! I always believed in you."

For one of my specials, I said, "I'm going to make an airplane disappear." Okay! And the next day, everything went crazy - it was like breaking the internet before the internet.

There were a handful of shows that were just painful. Not many, but things where I just said going into it, "Why am I here? What am I doing?"

But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.

Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.

Misty Sendaria," Silk said ironically. "Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.

Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?

Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

I said that I was gonna smash him in three rounds, and that's what I did.

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the walls if there was no sketching?

Her lips said 'no', but her eyes said 'read my lips'.

Artisans ought to be enjoyed for what they are instead of condemned for what they are not, something that can also be said of the other three temperaments.

[Donald] Trump has said that he would do away with the Iran Deal negotiated by the U.S. and five of its allies with Iran, and yet he recently backed away from vowing to scrap the Iran Deal for now.

I came away from that set [ Hail, Caesar !] super inspired, and like I said, it ruined all future endeavors. I'll never have as good an experience as that.

Mitt Romney said that he liked to fire people. Well, there's a pretty good message to send to Middle America. When Rick Perry heard that, he said, 'Well that's nothing. I like to execute people.'

Vladimir Putin said the tanks that you see rolling through the streets are just part of the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Mitt Romney is not going to run for president. Mitt said it's time for fresh faces. So that's good news for Bruce Jenner.

I think you can use some of those words on TV. But one thing you can't do is throw coffee, I've said it over and over again!

It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said.

The Pope also said that while he's in town he would like to go see 'The Book of Mormon.'

Hillary Clinton is campaigning in Iowa, virtually going door to door to every home in Iowa. Jehovah's Witnesses finally got fed up and said, 'Get lost. Get out of here!'

It's tax season. When I woke this morning and realized it was tax season, I said, My God, didn't we just pay taxes last year?

Earlier today, we got a call from Stephen Hawking. He's a genius, and after 6,028 shows he ran the numbers and he said it works out to about eight minutes of laughter.

Iraqi's minister of information did not show up for his press conference today. However, he claims he was there and he said it went very well.

Herman Cain said, starting today, if you buy into his 9-9-9 plan, he'll throw in a free 32-ounce soda.

A guy in Pennsylvania was arrested because he was drunk in his golf cart going from bar to bar. So they arrested him. I said: Wait a minute. Isn't that golf?

But down in Florida in the early voting, there were computer glitches, confusing ballots, long lines and chaos. And when President Bush heard about this, he said, 'Mission accomplished!'

CIA Director George Tenet has now testified before the 9/11 commission and he said we are still making the same dumb mistakes, like leaving memos on the President's desk.

When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.'

Mitt Romney said he's not concerned about the very poor. What he means is people making less than a million.

Sarah Palin had a big op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, and she said she's against death panels. And I thought, 'Really? She's the one who pulled the plug on the McCain campaign.'

George W. said he doesn't watch television. And, of course, well - the reason for that is the Clintons stole the White House satellite system.

President Bush is going to establish elections there in Iraq. He's going to rebuild the infrastructure. He's going to create jobs. He said if it works there, he'll try it here.

Herman Cain was unaware that China is a nuclear power. And I said to myself, 'Hey, Herman, how about making an unwanted advance on a history book?'

I was talking to a friend about Santorum. He said, 'For all my years in the State Department, I know one thing. Terrorists, what they fear most is a guy in a sweater vest.'

John Kerry spent the day reading to preschoolers ... and the kids said Kerry actually lacked warmth and failed to articulate a clear message.

The post office is raising the price of stamps again. I heard that and said to myself, 'If only there was an inexpensive electronic way of communicating.'

I guess it's a choice we make," she said. "What's a choice?" I asked. And she said, "How much of the world we let in.

Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.

I asked you what you wanted and you said you didn't want anything. And I told you I wasn't planning on giving you anything; I was planning on giving you something.

I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.

Serrated, adj. And you said, "I'm not sure we can.

Let’s make plans,” I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, “No, let’s leave it to chance.

So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.

There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?

I immediately suspected there was much more to it than was being said.

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom.

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.