Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.
. . . we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.
If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things.
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms.
Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.
The sharing of food is the basis of social life.
Life is seductive, yet so few allow themselves to be seduced.
I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.