Poets are often said to be the unofficial legislators of the world. Comedians are all of that and as well the unofficial guardians of free expression and every other western value worth preserving.
"Rather than talk about myself, just briefly, I want to just talk about my genre. Stand-up comedy is an incredibly American genre. I don’t think any other country can produce this many comedians. Unbeknownst to many people in this audience, I don’t think there’s an opinion that exists in this country that is not represented in a comedy club by somebody. Each and every one of you has a chance of bein’ in the room.”
"The First Amendment is first for a reason. The Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn't work out."
"And that’s why I love my art form, ‘cause I understand every practitioner, whether I agree with them or not, I know where they’re comin’ from. They wanna be heard; they got somethin’ to say; there’s somethin’ they noticed; they just want to be understood. Love this genre. It saved my life."
"There's something so true about this genre when done correctly, that I will fight anybody who gets in the true practitioner's way - cause I know you're wrong. This is the truth, and you are obstructing it. I'm not talking about the content. I'm talking about the art form. Do you understand? Do we have an agreement?"
"Son, sometimes you have to be a lion so you can be the lamb you really are...I talk this shit like a lion. I’m not afraid of any of you; when it comes word to word, I will gab with the best of ‘em, just so I can chill and be me.”