"I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling."

"We are seeking to build up in this country a system of society in which there shall be freedom from want. We are seeking to join with others in extending that freedom from want all over the world, but…"

"Stand-up is now easy to learn, harder to master because once you get halfway decent at it, you can do other things. And if you do one other thing, you're not gonna get good at it; it's just too damn h…"

"You know what my drink is? Jack Daniel's. Yes, that is a wild man drink. That should come with bail money, you know what I'm saying? Because on Jack, you don't know where you're going to end up, but y…"

"In concentration, the consciousness is held to a single image; the whole attention of the Knower is fixed on a single point, without wavering or swerving."