If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.

If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.

I know that I'm a quirky guy, to say the least. I don't know how easy I am to cast for a network. It hasn't been because I haven't tried. But am I dying to be on a TV show? No.

When nobody is paying attention, anything is possible.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

Usually for cartoons, I record them in the mornings from 9 A.M. to noon, then I have the rest of the day to do on camera. It actually gives me time to work on my own projects.

Evolving societal values indicate that the death penalty should be abolished in its entirety.

Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight.

I don't like to focus on things that don't make me happy and that I can't change. I'd rather try my best to learn from it and move on.

You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before.

All the people with whom I was very close at one point in my life - Stockhausen, Berio, Ligeti, Nono, Bernd Alois Zimmermann - they are all gone.

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.

I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.

I've never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line.

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.

The peculiar fascination of the brain lies in the fact that there is probably no other object of scientific enquiry about which we know at once so much and yet understand so little.