God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.
Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.
I get up around 7 a. m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work.
It's okay for you to have relationships, but it's not okay to talk about them. It's not okay to be out or to be public about it. It's not okay to be photographed with your partner.
I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, “I’m beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. I’m beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And I’m beautiful because I say I am. I’ve earned it, and I’m gonna be it.
Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.
What a desire!. . . to live in peace with that word: Myself.
I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
A lot of people just thought I'd be a. 260 hitter all my life. I was kind of like, 'Let me make some adjustments and let me learn the game a little bit. '