Robin Williams

"Comedy is acting. It's just another part of the acting tree."

"Even when you're on your deathbed, you'll look back on this moment and smile."

"Focus on what you have, not on what you don't have."

"You're a human being first, an entertainer second."

"The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development."

"Divorce is expensive. I used to joke it's the most expensive way to discover you hate someone."

"Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money."

"In America, they really do love you till the moment you lose. But if you're useful, they'll eat you alive."

"Find the little things in your day that make you happy and focus on those."

"You have this one life. How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting?"

"The human condition requires us to witness and tell stories."

"Have you ever noticed that? The way we treat the dead like they're still alive, and sometimes we talk to them."

"But when you're alone, that's when the real work happens."

"If it's not on the setlist, I don't perform it—even if you pay me."

"Every night when you go to bed, think about what made you happy that day."

"You'll be thinking about me when you're out making love to your wife."

"We have a responsibility to break through our own parochialism."

"The moment you stop creating new material is the moment you start dying."

"Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it."

"In science fiction, we can imagine what might happen in the future."

"That's what I love about music—it brings people together."

"Your children's voices are the music of your heart."

"Fortune and glory are empty without the love of the people who matter to you."

"You can find so much poetry in inanimate objects if you look closely enough."

"Why would I hang out with somebody who isn't helping me be better?"

"Adventure is out there, you just have to be willing to look for it."

"Great achievement requires great willingness to fail."

"In democracy, you have freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean freedom of consequence."

"War has never settled anything. It just creates more problems."

"Technology is just a tool. The real magic is in human connection."