Donald Trump was appealing to a lot of people with his populist message.

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

Comedy is a great tool. We [comics] are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.

Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.

There are many people out there who don't even think of themselves as being averse to facts, but the truth is, they are not getting it.

I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world.

Language and accents govern so much of how people think about other people.

I don't think things are getting more insane. I do know that the country is more divided than it's ever been. Tensions in America are at their peak.

Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people.

Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

If Love is Pure, Love is Simple

Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.

I didn't grow up with a mother telling me what was under my clothes was bad or evil.

She supported a deal that didn't even require this murderous regime to return a cop killer, JoAnne Chesimard, to face justice. See I know about this personally.

Everything in woman hath a solution. It is called pregnancy.

Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.