Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.

I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing.

We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't.

I do love poop. I can't help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political, but nothing's going to get me like dumb stuff.

People are always introducing me as Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne. I hate that! I wish people would see me for who I really am — I'm white!

I hope the Jews did kill Christ, I'd do it again in a second.

Drew Friedman isn't just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you smell the stale cigarettes and cold brisket and you say, thank you for the pleasure.

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle.

I like talking about things that are taboo, because it makes them not taboo anymore.

I commend you on all you've done for PETA, wrestling the one-eyed trouser snake with your bare hands, gently cuddling it in your arms, and nurturing it back to health.

Today's ballroom dances like the swim, the frug, the chicken and the monkey are really nervous disorders set to music.

Just because you are the loudest, doesn't make you right.

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

Virtue, like wholesome food, is better than poisons, however corrected.

The leaders that the world admires seem almost all to be people who haven't had things quite so smooth or easy in their lives.

By the mid 1920s the typical American town was in full sexual bloom. The change came with erotic fashions, literature and movies, and an unsuspected sexual aid, the automobile.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, 'I love you.'

Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.