My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan – thin, slow, and it leaks.
RON WHITEI 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 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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I have a very fun life. I don’t recommend it for anybody else, but it sure has been fun for me.
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I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don’t need my help.
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There’s no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn’t been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you’ll look cool, I don’t get that. But I don’t watch standup anyway, so I don’t know what they’re doing.
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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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You can teach somebody how to be a brain surgeon, but you cannot teach them how to walk on a stage and make people laugh.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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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 don’t think we have a surplus of fine educators in this country that we can just start dropping them for no reason whatsoever.
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I don’t do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil’s show. He’s a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn’t give me any advice. He doesn’t give solicited advice.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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I was a comedy fan when I was a little kid.
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There’s not a pill you can take; there’s not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
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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 write all of my material. It’s all me.
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Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won’t give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the better you get at it. It’s like anything else. It’s a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.
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I love Cincinnati, but you can keep that spaghetti chili product!
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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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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My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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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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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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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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