I have thus given you a full statement of all that I know respecting the origin of Mormonism.

A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles!

I have thus given you a full statement of all that I know respecting the origin of Mormonism.

It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?

You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

I have a Kindle, but I don't like it very much. I like a book.

Respectfully, the civil rights movement for people with disabilities is modeled on the African American civil rights movement. I'm old enough to remember 1964. I was a junior in high school.

I totally don't believe that things have to be expensive for beauty. In fact, I'm always a little bit wary if they are... because I'm like, 'What kind of chemicals are in there? What's going to happen in ten years, when we find out what the side effects are?'

I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done.

When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.

I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

Guys never really get over their toys.

The trouble with excuses, however, is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they’ve been used a couple of times.

I am sick and tired of hearing that it is our moral duty to serve the state, because conservatives believe that it is our moral duty to serve our fellow man regardless of race, sex, affiliation or creed, and when we serve, we believe that it is the state's duty to get out of the way.

Sometimes I think fashion is more of a conversation between men than it is for women.

The Bush administration did stop filling the reserve in 2002 when it helped the oil industry. Now they should do it to help the consumer.

Power without authority is tyranny.

Friday. The golden child of the weekdays. The superhero of the workweek. The welcome wagon to the weekend.

Those who choose love daring to feel to the depths of being accepting responsibility for their actions and seeking a purpose in life will find that the world of significant living will unfold its cleverly concealed presence.

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.

Don't forget to fall in love with yourself first.

I love contrast in music. Being inspired by classical, actually - in high school especially - classical and metal both, I remember having this cool realization that they are really similar. It's just different instrumentation.

Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American politics that are not good for the system. There's just too much money.

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.