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.’
RON WHITEComedy is great because there’s no overhead.
More Ron White Quotes
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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I’ve got a great cigar collection – it’s actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn’t going to smoke every last one of ’em.
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You can’t fix stupid.
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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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People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.
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I’ve gathered some of my close musical and comedian friends, and we’re going to see if we can’t bring a few laughs to these soldiers, raise some money, and hopefully lift their spirits.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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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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Everybody I know is a joke writer.
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I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
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Ultimately I’m the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I’m pretty good at helping them get there.
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Here’s how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don’t even see me coming.
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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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Television is 15 hour days. Movies are 18 hour days. And it’s 18 hours of doing not a thing.
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Any time someone achieves success before they’ve earned it, it always comes back to haunt them.
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