Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
With comedy I can search for the profound. 
For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.
A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.
Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.
Tidy fees are the most effective remedy, both for the doctor and the patient. 
Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy. 
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control. 
Best while you have it use your breath, There is no drinking after death. 
Know how to live the time that is given you. 
Blush at your faults. 
Nothing is thought rare Which is not new and follow'd, yet we know That what was worne some twenty yeare agoe, Comes into grace againe. 
Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished. 
Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest. 
When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. 
Health and an able body are two jewels. 