There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
RON WHITEI’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
More Ron White Quotes
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, ‘I’m not even a 10th of this man.’
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
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If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it’s being true to their nature… that’s what takes a long time to learn.
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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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I go to more open mic nights than open mikers.
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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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I’ve got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car.’ I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.
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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
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