Ray Romano

"I've realized that what matters most isn't what you accomplish, it's who you become in the process."

"There's a certain freedom in getting older and just not caring what people think anymore."

"The best comedy is when someone says something you've all thought but nobody's brave enough to say out loud."

"I think failure is just part of the deal – you're going to fail at things, and that's okay."

"Love is when you're willing to be completely inconvenienced for another person."

"You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat service workers and people they don't have to impress."

"Most of my best material comes from just sitting and watching how people behave in normal situations."

"I think the world would be better if people just said 'I don't know' more often instead of pretending."

"Family is the people who will stick around even when you're not your best self."

"The thing about marriage is that it's not one big decision – it's a thousand small decisions you make every day."

"I've learned that your parents are just people doing their best with the information they had."

"Comedy and life are the same thing – it's all about timing and delivery."

"You realize that the struggles you're facing are the same struggles everyone is facing."

"The worst part about getting older isn't the physical stuff – it's realizing how fast time goes."

"I think people generally want to be good; they just sometimes don't know how to be."

"There's something beautiful about a family that can laugh together, especially at themselves."

"Work should be something you choose, not something that chooses you."

"I've noticed that the most interesting people are the ones who aren't trying to be interesting."

"You can't be grateful and angry at the same time – pick one."

"The reason people repeat the same jokes is because they work, and humans are predictable."

"I think creativity comes from boredom – you have to have time to think and observe."

"Marriage is like a garden – you have to tend to it or the weeds take over."

"The biggest growth happens when you're forced to adapt to something uncomfortable."

"I've learned that most of what we worry about never actually happens."

"You realize as you get older that the people who love you aren't judging you as much as you think."

"Comedy is a form of truth-telling that people will actually listen to."

"The best advice I ever got was to just be myself, not the version of myself I thought people wanted."

"I think kids are basically just small people who haven't learned to filter their thoughts yet."

"You can't force someone to love you, but you can show them why it would be worth their time."

"The secret to a long marriage is learning to laugh at the same jokes about each other."