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

Jealousy seldom punishes with the severity it suffers.

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

They're like ''You're an alcoholic.'' I go ''No, I'm not.'' and then-apparently that's what alcoholics say too, you know?

The character of giving advice often makes us accountable for the conduct of those we advise.

The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.

I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on 'Late Night.' We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.