I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
RON WHITEIt went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I had all these records.
More Ron White Quotes
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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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A killer Cuban restaurant with a giant cigar bar. Have me a Cuban sandwich. That’s just like heaven to me. I’m a simple man.
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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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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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.
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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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Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.
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If you become famous and don’t have a live show to back it up, they’re not going to pay you any money.
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I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
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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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It never dawned on me that I had the option of becoming a comedian. I come from a little dirt street town in northwest Texas, and they really don’t talk about the arts there much on career day.
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It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I had all these records.
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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 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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