• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

They must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.

Bo Burnham

Related Topics

FameIdeaMindSpecial

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

| Next

More Bo Burnham Quotes

• 

  I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.

  BO BURNHAM
  PeopleThinkingWorry
• 

  There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?

  BO BURNHAM
  CountryFunnyHumorLongMetPeople
• 

  People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.

  BO BURNHAM
  PeopleSelfThinking
• 

  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 BURNHAM
  BelieveCousinGay
• 

  I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.

  BO BURNHAM
  CerealMenRememberThinking
• 

  When things [writing] are over, I always think, ‘well, I’m never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I’m going to go be a farmer’. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won’t happen.

  BO BURNHAM
  IdeasThinkingWriting
• 

  Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

  BO BURNHAM
  ComedyEnjoyFun
• 

  Women are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.

  BO BURNHAM
  FunnyHumorToesWomen
• 

  I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.

  BO BURNHAM
  BulletsCarNewspaper
• 

  I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.

  BO BURNHAM
  InterestedRealScaryThinking
• 

  I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.

  BO BURNHAM
  BearsBeliefsBipolarMets
• 

  I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.

  BO BURNHAM
  DirtyGrowKidsSong
• 

  I never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.

  BO BURNHAM
  ComedianFansPeople
• 

  My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It’s much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.

  BO BURNHAM
  CameraDown AndFirsts
• 

  Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.

  BO BURNHAM
  CancerFunnyHumor
• 

  My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.

  BO BURNHAM
  LovelyPeopleTrying