Bo Burnham on favors
Bo Burnham61 quotes“I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.”
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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.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham 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?
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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
Bill WattersonBill Watterson By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
Bernie SiegelBernie Siegel Biggest affirmative argument I know in favor of ‘If a man die, shall he live again?’ is just the way you feel inside you that nothin’ can stop you from livin’ on.
Bess Streeter AldrichBess Streeter Aldrich Most people are in favor of change, as long as they can continue to do things the same as they always have.
Bill PhillipsBill Phillips to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
Bette LordBette Lord Fortune, that favors fools.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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