I won't raise taxes, because I do not want to punish the people for the politicians' mistakes.
I am able to apply certain things to my craft that maybe other comedians don't, because I'm a devotee.
Telling me that I’m obsessed with talking about racism in America is like telling me I’m obsessed with swimming when I’m drowning.
I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the Native Americans. But vegan Thanksgiving - that's just spitting on the graves, isn't it?
People always talk about the content, in terms of the politics of it or whatever social issues are in it, and it's like, "Yeah, but I'm also a good comic. " You could at least talk about the form of it, and I feel like that's always the thing that's missed.
Just give us 50 years where we're the only ones who are allowed to profit from art, and then you can do whoever you want. In fact, I'll buy you the paint. Whatever you want. Just give us 50 years. 50 years. That's it.
I don't tie my shoes right. I tie them the way you would tie a gift, like a bow.
Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to small groups of scholars and specialists. Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen.
I'm just trying to avoid any sort of generic kind of music - I don't want to do generic jazz or fusion.
I am going to die of love. . . . daroga. . . . I am dying of love. . . . That's how it is. . . I loved her so! And I love her still. . . daroga. . . . . and I am dying of love for her, I tell you! if you knew how beautiful she was when she let me kiss her. . . It was the first. . . time, daroga, the first time I ever kissed a woman. . Yes, alive. . . I kissed her alive. . . . And she looked as beautiful as if she had been dead!
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. I was determined to try. I was determined to try because, frankly, my life was such a mess at this point, what - what was the worst that could happen? Everyone turn me down? Big deal.