My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
RON WHITEIf I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
More Ron White Quotes
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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I don’t have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I’m going to keep talking. I can’t imagine a life without doing standup.
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Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.
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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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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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I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
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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 don’t like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that’s the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don’t do a ton of it.
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I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith’s ‘What It Was, Was Football.’ I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn’t know what any of it meant.
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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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