Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.

When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.

You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled.

The price of a memory, is the memory of the sorrow it brings.

He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend.

My heart is breaking, " she says. "I want to be strong for you right now but the thought of you leaving is killing me inside.

No. Don't give up hope just yet. It's the last thing to go. When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. And when you think all is lost, when all is dire and bleak, there is always hope.

the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings

I'm acting like someone who is starting to realize who he is and what he can do.

Take a chance and risk it all or play it safe and suffer defeat.

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

Roy Dale suspected that Mississippi was beautiful. He wasn't sure. He didn't have anything to compare it to. He hadn't even ever been out of the Delta.

How could Mark be halfway across the world when she would have sworn he'd been in this room with her only seconds ago?

We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.

I work hard, and managing an inventory-based business can be extremely stressful. The upside is that, as long as I get my job done, I can take time off pretty much any time I want.

Nothing is sacred. And, more importantly...the 'nothing' you end up with is truly sacred.

Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.

We are not heavenly destined for a particular road; every road is our destiny; every path and every passage is our fate.

It is quite sensible for them to sit back and see where they are.

If I could email my jokes to the crowd and get the same immediate response [as during stand-up], I'd do that.