I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
RON WHITEBut I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
More Ron White Quotes
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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If you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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I was a little one-trick pony. I do what I’ve always done. That’s really where my best stuff comes from. I don’t know how it happens. It just happens.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you’re a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level.
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I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
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I get e-mail from all over the world, and from lawyers and doctors and whoever – plumbers and drywall hangers.
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I do a lot of gay-friendly stuff in my show, and men, women, they all love it. I practice non-judgment in my daily life and hope other people do the same thing.
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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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All I know how to do is take what’s on my mind and spit it out funny. I don’t know what else I could do besides comedy.
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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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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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I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
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