Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea; changing a belief is trickier.

They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.

America is the greatest country in the whole world.

You know, you get famous and you work in these weird jobs and you don't have a lot in common with people. But once you have kids, you have everything in common with everybody.

I never wanted to churn it out. Comedians tend to work all the time. They never put it down like musicians who might make an album then take three or four years off to recharge their batteries. Comedians tend to work straight through and they get stale because of that. Even when I didn't have a lot of money I never ever did it unless I had something new to say.

Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade