“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.”
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“Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.”
“Still more pathetic is the total collapse of moral fanaticism. Fanatics think that their single-minded principles qualify them to do battle with the powers of evil; but like a bull they rush at the red cloak instead of the person who is holding it; he exhausts himself and is beaten. He gets entangled in non-essentials and falls into the trap set by cleverer people.”
“On Church: Church wasn't designed by an architect (Technically, Jesus was a carpenter.). So why do we think of churches as buildings instead of groups of people who love Jesus?”
“Trust is tough. Once trust has been broken by multiple people on multiple occasions, believing in anyone or anything becomes increasingly difficult. Much of the skepticism of our world can be traced back to broken trust.”
“For most people, life is nasty, brutish, and short; for me, it has simply been nasty and brutish.”
“I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but personally I find it a bit trying, which is a weird thing to say as a stand-up! I love people aping normal conversation and twisting it so it becomes hilarious.”
“I'll just keep going till people get disinterested. It's what I was born to do and thankfully, people have shown an interest. I never do anything to be famous.”
“Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room.”
“It's when you treat people like freaks that you become one yourself.”
“People say I look so happy - and I say, 'That's the Botox.'”
“People tend to fear what they do not know, and what they fear they dislike.”
“People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.'”
“I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things.”
“All these fine Christian-type people that seem to think they know what God wants for all of us, that's certainly more of a sin then anything they would claim about us. To judge people is one of the greatest sins.”
“I’m trying my best to keep up with all this new technology and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.”
“There are some loony people in this world!”
“Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.”
“I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn't want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.”
“I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.”