Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think

The world is grand, awfully big and astonishingly beautiful, frequently thrilling.

I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler.

My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win

Why can't I be the adorable one?

I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic.

I am not a grammarian. Maybe my style is eccentric.

Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it

Im off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.

Doorman - a genius who can open the door of your car with one hand, help you in with the other, and still have one left for the tip.

. . . and I don’t expect him to suborn his life into mine any more than I would change my dreams for him. We’re not one soul, one being, however much we love each other.

Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

I feel like if it's not scaring you, you're doing it wrong.

My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to take her outside. Immediately.

Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me

They, and they only, advantage themselves by travel, who, well fraught with the experience of what their own country affords, carry ever with them large and thriving talents.

The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.

We are all connected to each other, in a circle, in a hoop that never ends.

Just as the right relationship with Christ generates a Christian, so the proper relationship with the Holy Spirit breeds a spiritual man.