I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

Kevin Hart

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

Sydney Smith

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Jean Cocteau

The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success.

Julian Baggini

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

Henry David Thoreau

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

Daniel Day-Lewis