Laws, however divine in origin and institution, would be found of little coercion among men, were the administration of them not committed to mortals.

Richard Pryor is my favorite stand-up ever.

If it wasn't so pointless and ridiculous, it would be more humiliating. Also, if there [Hollywood] weren't so many people as bad as myself - equally untalented people - it would be even more humiliating.

I've just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn't know them, I wouldn't know they were funny from the television. I don't know what it does, it just sucks it away.

Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.

My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died.

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.