You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
RON WHITEI think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
More Ron White Quotes
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I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.
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As long as I stay engaged with everybody else, then I’ll create more comedy. It’s just when I shut off and stay at home… What helps me is just to keep moving.
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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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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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I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
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I consider it an honor and a privilege to give back however I can for the many sacrifices of these incredibly brave men and women.
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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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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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There’s no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don’t exist.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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All I know how to do is take what’s on my mind and spit it out funny. I don’t know what else I could do besides comedy.
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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.
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I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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We always go out looking for live music after our shows.
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If you watch the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour,’ don’t expect that when you come see me by myself, ’cause it’s a little rougher.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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I guarantee there’s people who watch television who have no idea how complicated it is to make a television show.
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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 believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Think of The Rontourage as the Ron White Channel, where you can see us getting into trouble in all kinds of different places.
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I want my fans to feel like we’re always in touch. Because without ’em, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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You know, my first album, some of those jokes I’d done for twelve years because I couldn’t throw ’em out.
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