Quotes from Robin Williams

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.

Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.

I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

My God, look at the size of this man! Quick! Tell the other villagers we're going back to the boats!

I always wanted to play a big, black man, but that would cost too much make-up.

Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.

Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem, you face it like a man.

What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.

My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist.

Freud: If it's not one thing, it's your mother

They say our mothers really know how to push our buttons - because they installed them

I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

But if there's love, dear... those are the ties that bind, and you'll have a family in your heart, forever.

Please, don't worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.

You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.

The human spirit is more powerful than any drug - and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.

Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.

Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.