The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality.

It is as though we have grown wings, which thanks to Providence, we have learnt to control.

Forgive me for being the stupidest man on the planet?”“Careful. You’re talking about the man I love.

The key to your success in this world is to discover the field of your gifts

The world is full of vanities

The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.

I dress like a boy most of the time because I like what's comfortable, so sometimes when I have to wear dresses and makeup, it's kind of comedic.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?

Complaining that a comic is drunk is like going to a titty bar and complaining because your lapdancer is a communist.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer

Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.