Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
RON WHITEIf you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
More Ron White Quotes
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I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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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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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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I’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.
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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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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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My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
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The bulk of my fans are my age, and I’m aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it’s addicting, really.
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Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.
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I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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