I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.

Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started. But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge.

...it was the arts, those noble expressions of the human spirit that are communicated through literature, dance, song, film, drama, painting and sculpture, among the many other such creative means, that helped articulate the sufferings of [these] people that were heard around the globe.

You also notice that the right side of your face feels like it's sliding off of your skull. And your bottom lip is in your lap!

Gray hair is God's graffiti.

Pay off your student loan. Even if you don't have a job...Because when you finally get a job you're going to be one of us.

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.