"Never put business before family,"

“I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.”

“Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.”

“People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.”

Source : "Jemima Kirke Will Be an Actress Yet". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. November 10, 2010.

“For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.”

Source : "Elizabeth Warren Is the Right Person for the Job" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 14, 2010.

“The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.”

“Imagine how dull life would be if variables assessed for admission to a graduate program really did predict who would succeed and who would fall. Life would be intolerable - no hope, no challenge”

“I think I'm going to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida,”

“Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.”