I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too.

I would have painted the White House black. I would have!

To me, seeing a really great comedian is a bit like watching a musician or a poet.

Audiences feel no hatred from me. Because I'm not bitter.

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.

Love is man's natural endowment, but he doesn't know how to use it. He refuses to recognize the power of love because of his love of power.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.