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Quotes by Comedian

"Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else."
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Chris Rock
"Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else."
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"Twas the night before Thanksgiving. All the food's in the oven. And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'."
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Craig Ferguson
"Twas the night before Thanksgiving. All the food's in the oven. And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'."
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"There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages."
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"I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian."
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Victoria Jackson
"I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian."
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"At CBS, I'm in your house. I'm mindful of that. When I do standup, you're in my home and I can say what I want to."
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Craig Ferguson
"At CBS, I'm in your house. I'm mindful of that. When I do standup, you're in my home and I can say what I want to."
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"In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing."
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Patsy Kelly
"In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing."
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"I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like, 'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let me take care of that for you."
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Craig Ferguson
"I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like, 'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let me take care of that for you."
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"I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show."
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Ruby Wax
"I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show."
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"If I have a near - beer, I'm near beer. And if I'm near beer, I'm close to tequila. And if I'm close to tequila, I'm adjacent to cocaine."
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Craig Ferguson
"If I have a near - beer, I'm near beer. And if I'm near beer, I'm close to tequila. And if I'm close to tequila, I'm adjacent to cocaine."
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"When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that."
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Johnny Vegas
"When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that."
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"New Rule: If we want to find a place to cut government waste, we must start with the DEA rubber duck. Yes, on the DEA's website you can buy a rubber ducky with a DEA badge and a cop's hat. Which I recommend doing, because they're a great place to hide your weed."
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Bill Maher
"New Rule: If we want to find a place to cut government waste, we must start with the DEA rubber duck. Yes, on the DEA's website you can buy a rubber ducky with a DEA badge and a cop's hat. Which I recommend doing, because they're a great place to hide your weed."
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"We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good."
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Keenen Ivory Wayans
"We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good."
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"Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort."
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"Americans appreciate bad taste or America wouldn't look the way America does."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"Americans appreciate bad taste or America wouldn't look the way America does."
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"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected."
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Red Buttons
"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected."
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"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe."
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Josh Billings
"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe."
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"James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was."
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Will Ferrell
"James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was."
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"I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax."
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Eddie Murphy
"I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax."
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"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."
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Larry Miller
"I was asleep, in the upstairs bedroom, in the rear of the house. There was this tremendous crash, there was a terrible wind force hitting my body, and then I blanked out."
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"It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money."
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P. J. O'Rourke
"It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money."
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"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.""
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Jerry Seinfeld
"There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked.""
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"I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding."
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Steven Wright
"I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding."
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"Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"
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Frank Carson
"Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"
Car,
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"Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my 3-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else."
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Chevy Chase
"Once I got married and had kids, I moved away from romantic roles, because it seemed wrong to have my 3-year-old wondering why Daddy was kissing someone else."
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"Religion is just mind control."
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George Carlin
"Religion is just mind control."
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"I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do."
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Billy Connolly
"I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God, but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do."
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"The language you are about to hear... is disturbing."
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Dave Chappelle
"The language you are about to hear... is disturbing."
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"Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher."
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Larry Miller
"Manufacturers are making products kosher to get in on that market, plus more people are looking for kosher."
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"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."
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Billy Connolly
"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."
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"And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently."
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Paul Reiser
"And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently."
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"Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it."
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Wanda Sykes
"Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it."
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"In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak."
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Dane Cook
"In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak."
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"We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people."
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Paul Reiser
"We made this movie for $17, and nobody got anything. So it never dawned on me that we would get real people."
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"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."
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Chevy Chase
"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."
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"I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first."
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Dawn French
"I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first."
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"I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career."
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Julia Sweeney
"I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career."
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"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car."
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Carrie P. Snow
"A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car."
Car,
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"You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why, Cause Santa Clause might put a cap in your ass."
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Craig Ferguson
"You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why, Cause Santa Clause might put a cap in your ass."
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"I'm real excited about being on CBS and hosting this show. I have been studying all of the great CBS shows. I think I'm prepared, so if you're ready, let's have the first item up for bids."
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Ray Combs
"I'm real excited about being on CBS and hosting this show. I have been studying all of the great CBS shows. I think I'm prepared, so if you're ready, let's have the first item up for bids."
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"We never thought the first movie would bomb."
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Kevin McDonald
"We never thought the first movie would bomb."
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"Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?"
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Elayne Boosler
"Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?"
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"It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me."
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Lea DeLaria
"It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me."
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"Just like in the workplace, women who are good workers are the best workers."
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Bill Maher
"Just like in the workplace, women who are good workers are the best workers."
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"A real estate closer. Oh, what's that? I'm a real estate opener. What is a real estate closer? You mean at the end where you've got to sign all those papers?"
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Louie Anderson
"A real estate closer. Oh, what's that? I'm a real estate opener. What is a real estate closer? You mean at the end where you've got to sign all those papers?"
End,
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"Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill."
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Johnny Carson
"Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill."
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"You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man."
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Ray Combs
"You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man."
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"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."
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Chevy Chase
"I just went into this business for laughs. I guess I don't mind being an actor so much now."
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"I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true."
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Arsenio Hall
"I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true."
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"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
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Josh Billings
"As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
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"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."
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Paul Putner
"I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me."
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