People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.

To excel is to reach your own highest dream. But you must also help others, where and when you can, to reach theirs. Personal gain is empty if you do not feel you have positively touched another's life.

Small children do not belong at an adult party, and especially should not be used like trained midgets to help serve martinis.

I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.

Don't let the bastards get you down.

And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones.

No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.