I never wanted to see another quiz show.

I never wanted to see another quiz show.

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception... I have deceived my friends - and I had millions of them.

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness.

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

I find it hard to imagine that anyone could be intimidated by me.

Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.

When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.

Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb

You release more toxins from the body through a deep exhale than you do from anything else.

Rage made you the creature of those who enraged you, it gave them too much power. Rage killed the mind, and now more than ever the mind needed to live, to find a way of rising above the mindlessness.

To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowe's, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.

The vicious circle of life is employment

Ever wonder why billionaires always need more and more money Its a power trip.

Now that I'm a civilian again, I can once more comment on economic and financial issues without my words being put under the microscope by Fed watchers.

I was really fascinated by some of the things happening with Anonymous, the hackers group. I don't necessarily agree with everything they've done, but I thought it was a really interesting use of technology and the fact that there's a whole group of people who can take over systems and fight things from behind the scenes.

Anytime you put a challenge out there, people come up with a creative solution on the software side.

Restaurants in Chicago are seldom disappointing.

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

When we are comfortable we remain relaxed however when we see trouble coming we take our active position

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.

It's the hardest thing to come up with an hour of material that can consistently keep people laughing.

I'm just getting my sea legs. The first time you make them laugh, you're like, 'Oh my God - that just happened.' Then you're like, 'I made them laugh. I've earned this.'

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

There is one grand all comprehending church and if I am a Christian I belong to it and no man can shut me out of it.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

The comedy world is like a small pond; we all know each other.