"The trident of Neptune is the sceptre of the world."

“I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous.”

“I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.”

“It is the stress that holds the structure up.”

“We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.”

“Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.”

“Men know so little about us women. We've a weakness, it is true, for those who charm us, but we always come back to those who love us.”

“During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was hiring a different kind of brother, you know, and I was doing political humor. In order for me to really have a long career, I'm going to have to learn how to write and produce for myself. I had no idea I was really going to like it and I'm very fortunate to be successful. But the idea was to always eventually create something for myself. That was the idea from the beginning when I went into writing and producing.”

Source : "‘The Nightly Show’ host Larry Wilmore: ‘Has race been in the news lately?’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. January 19, 2015.

“Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.”