You have to reform yourself before reforming society and the world.
It's not for any purpose such as religion, health, or things like that, I just never felt I had the need or want to drink or do drugs.
I'm interested in doing anything and everything that I can to squeeze the creativity out of my brain. I guess I'm kind of a performance rat, that's what I want to do, I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. I just love putting creativity into a performance.
Some people have constipation of the brain but their mouth has the runs.
Comedy crowds - we always want to come out and ask you, 'How you feeling?' We always say that, 'By a round of applause, how do you feel?' Right? 'By a round of applause, how you feeling?' It's the only place in the world that you judge how you're feeling by a round of applause. . . There's never like a car accident, people all over the ground, people running over - 'Ma'am! Ma'am! By a round of applause, how do you feel? By a round of applause - she's not clapping!
You must accept responsibility for your actions. This doesn't include reactions, interactions or transactions if you're thinkin' loophole.
It's an incredible feeling falling in love someone who doesn't know you exist.
I grew up in church and I don't think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you're in or the town that you're in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people.
If I'm asked to play first, I should be ready. It's nice to be in the lineup, regardless of where you're at.
Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It's to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it's exposed at the wrong time and place. It's to protect a soul. But to protect your soul, you have to have one to start with.
We've seen a lot of data at YC now, and the most successful companies and the ones where the investors do the best. . . end up giving a lot of stock out to employees- year after year after year.