Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so...

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me.

I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true.

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

I have nothing against Dylan O'Brien! He's one of my favorite people. I have so much respect for him and his work.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy...

I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't want to hope - I want to know. Like I don't hope there's a God, I know there's a God.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10...

The attitude and capacity of the factory, the old metal table and the new ideas of the wooden furniture quickly and naturally suggested the possibility of metal furniture.

The attitude of the West and of Russia towards a crisis like Ukraine is diametrically different. The West is trying to establish the legality of any established border. For Russia, Ukraine is part of...

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

Good design is good business.

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And...

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.