You don't love if you don't take the beloved's faults for virtues.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

I don't believe that aliens exist, but I do believe that any new facts can strengthen foundation of my belief.

Books have power to bring you glory or doom, it all depends on perception.

Delay is not a help-mate. The cemetary is full of people who thought they could DO IT tomorrow. Do It Now!

Please all, and you will please none.

In a late-night monologue, it's not just about being funny; you have to come off as knowledgeable. You have to cultivate a persona of trust and intelligence and likeability.

I got to actually tattoo one of the members of The Misfits. The very first tattoo I ever did was this Misfits skull.

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

A well-bred man is always sociable and complaisant.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

Spaghetti Westerns are really brutal and operatic with a surreal quality to the violence.