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Bo Burnham61 quotes“I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.”
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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I just think they aren’t true. I’m saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don’t know if I’m doing that, but I’m trying.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham What’s that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I’ll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham The classic comedian says there’s nothing that’s taboo; if you laugh at one thing you’ve got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Where are all the sour patch parents?
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there’s a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don’t feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It’s worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.
Barry HumphriesBarry Humphries I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.
Jenny McCarthyJenny McCarthy There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
Barry HumphriesBarry Humphries A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn’t feel so great about ourselves, and we didn’t know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval.
Barry CrimminsBarry Crimmins When you’re a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.
Baron VaughnBaron Vaughn You do not have to sleep with a comedian to learn what you’re doing. Male comedians will not like that advice, but it is the truth.
Tina FeyTina Fey Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.
Alan RudolphAlan Rudolph All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
Ron WhiteRon White
