I’m not the judge of who that is, but I am a believer that no debt in the universe goes unpaid. If you try to buy early, you’ll pay late.
RON WHITEThe only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
More Ron White Quotes
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.
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I don’t know who in my family thinks very fast at all, including me. The things that people see me do onstage are written, so it doesn’t have to be very quick if you have all day with a pen.
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The Majestic Theatre in San Antone is as good as it gets.
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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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I could do no wrong in my mother’s eyes from the day I was born. My fans bought her a very nice house in San Antonio, and she has a great life.
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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If I see someone out there mouthing the words to a bit, I’m not having fun.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Donald Trump – and I don’t dislike Donald one single bit – has no idea how good the Mexican people are at building tunnels.
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There have been times in my life that I’ve had a ton of vices, and my demons have run amok for years and years and years.
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I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
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You wanna get the truth out of me, get me hammered.
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I’m not willing to drag my fans down a road I don’t believe in. That’s just my one little principle. I’ve only got one, and that’s it.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.
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Somebody the other day had a review, called me ‘America’s reprobate.’ And I don’t even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
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I write these shows one joke at a time. There’s no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there’s not continuity.
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I do live like a rock star, but it’s not as great as it sounds. It’s a lot of traveling.
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Let’s face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.
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I was always a funny guy. I don’t think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn’t a funny guy when they were young.
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My uncle was a preacher, and I used to go watch him preach. He was also funny, so I’m very ‘preacher-ish’ on stage, not by intent but because that’s where I learned to talk in front of people.
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My show is more storytelling now than it’s ever been. It’s what I’m good at.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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