People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain extent, I understand that, because comedy is treated so much as a stepping stone by a lot of people. - Todd Barry
I once sat next to Jim from Wild Kingdom on a flight from Atlanta. I find mentioning that opens a lot of doors. - Todd Barry
I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. - Todd Barry
You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it's not that brutal. It's only $6. - Todd Barry
At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants. - Egon Schiele
Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it. - Richard M. Hunt
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. - Khalil Gibran
A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life. - Paul Tsongas
Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one. - John Sterling