What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

Nature made the fields and man the cities.

The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Women have been such an important part of my life. I try, every day, to be a better father to my daughters and a better husband.

I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA system blasting away.

Simplifying the tax code and reducing administrative burdens will save small businesses money and time and let owners and employees focus less on paperwork and more on how to operate in this tough economy.

Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

Get digital scales because, for baking, balance scales just aren't accurate enough: it's all in the weighing up.

My mom is a very religious woman. So when I began recording music, I was afraid she wouldn't accept it. But when I played her a song, she loved it.

Quid pro quo

I'm a chef, I own restaurants, and there's a behavior in the kitchen you have to have.

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

Atheism is the last word of theism.

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose.

There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me.

Really connect to food and know what you're eating.

I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that minority set-aside programs in municipal contracts were unconstitutional. The court wondered if there were proof that people of color even want to receive municipal contracts.

I go through phases where I buy only Speed Stick and Axe, and Noxzema shaving cream.

I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

As is said about most writers, on the one hand, all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. On the other hand, the more I read, the more I felt this well-known fissure between me and the world.

Madness is surprisingly freeing.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

One thing I won't be doing on a weekend is shopping. I just don't like it, and I haven't bought an article of clothing for a very long time. I usually just take wardrobe from shows I'm on. It's much easier.

Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.