Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief.

I just got back from New York. You ever been there? There was a big gay parade going on there when I was there, and I never been to one of them, and I like a parade. I always like a parade. So, I go there, and it turns out, it's just a bunch of gay guys.

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

I have a little bit of an out-of-body experience where I enjoy the scenario, and I really do like seeing a crowd turn into a mob, and I do nothing to stop it. People can become really dangerous.

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.

During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.

When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.