I think there comes a time in any comedian's career where they can either coast or keep growing and evolving.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

I'm keeping in shape, you know, gotta look good for the ladies - and certain guys. Hey, I can't control who's looking. I just gotta bring the heat.

You'll get them tomorrow. You gave it a good shot. Keep your chin up.

The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation.

I belong to a gym now... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

Comedy takes all of life and puts it through a lens of acceptance, just by the mere act of talking about it on stage in a communal setting. It's very primal and ritualistic in that sense.

Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.

It always comes down to what the crowd buys coming out of your mouth, which differs from one comic to the next.

King die hard, in Shakespeare and in life.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd.

I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what that is.

We don't have to have suffered brain damage to take advantage of the plastic nature of our brains.

Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.

If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.