Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself

to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.
Tina Fey

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.
Khalil Gibran

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.
Quentin Crisp

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
Josh Billings

It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.
Cliff Richard