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Quotes by Entertainer

"Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do."

"Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob."

"You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together."


"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information."

"I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call."

"A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked."

"In 35 years of being in the media, I've had all this mud flung at me many, many times. It's not the first time. It's nothing unusual. I've been through it all before and the best way to deal with it is not to read them."

"And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow."

"I don't look at this as a religious based thing. To me this is energy based."

"I was faced more with apathy than opposition."

"Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself."

"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."

"I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!"

"I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons."

"There's nothing better than a good, blind referee."

"In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series."

"There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions."


"Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt."

"Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion."

"Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good."

"Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them."

"I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular."

"Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas."

"Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords."

"The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment."


"I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!"

"You'd have a good voice, if it ever came out of your throat."

"South Park started as a little video Christmas card."

"It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous."

"The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth."

"Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down."

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."

"We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light."


"Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar."

"Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers."

"I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful."

"At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design."

"That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings; it ultimately led to a friendship with Johnny O, and an increasing fascination and respect for what he did."
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