A strenuous soul hates cheap success.
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
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.
As human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by — so you’d better be careful what stories you tell yourself.
Life is a series of pulls back and forth. . . A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match. . . Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins
I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's easy to realize that it's just not that big of a deal compared with what the people of the Gulf Coast are still going through.
A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.