Billy Gardell on two
Billy Gardell14 quotes“Look, you know, you can’t please everybody. I’m a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn’t matter how funny you are and how well you do, there’s two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.”
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I’ve been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 – when I’m in Vegas, I want a steak!
Billy GardellBilly Gardell Dad had a music store, and he’d often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
Billy CrystalBilly Crystal Whatever is happening in your life is what’s going on on stage. So if you’re angry in your life, then that’s going to be on stage. If you’re looking for the guy that’s just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that’s me.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Maybe, who knows, I’ll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I’ll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I’ll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell I’m always the last one to the party, man. But that’s okay. I got there.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you’re like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don’t want to do that. So I’m just trying.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That’s the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That’s what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there’s always a role for the Everyman.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell Yeah, I’ve done Jim Breuer’s radio show a couple times, and I heard from Larry the Cable Guy when I got ‘Mike & Molly,’ wishing me congratulations.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell As a comic, I’ve heard gunshots while I’m trying to get to sleep. I’ve performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
Billy GardellBilly Gardell Sometimes WRONG is worth the FUNNY!
Billy GardellBilly Gardell I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I’m doing the best I can.
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Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant In ’92 I got my first coach and had it for two, three years. My wife hated it.
John DalyJohn Daly The love of nature is a different thing from the love of science, though the two may go together.
John BurroughsJohn Burroughs I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
Tony FinauTony Finau Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia
