I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.
RON WHITEThere 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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The next time you have a thought… let it go.
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I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
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I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
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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.
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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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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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Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty… mine’s putting in an express lane.
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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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The only way to stay sharp is to do live shows. There is no part-time comedy.
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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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 was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn’t care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.
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I write all of my material. It’s all me.
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Movies are boring. It’s like watching paint dry. I did a little role in a movie, and it was eight lines. I was there for three days. It’s just horrible.
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I believe that a bad Super Bowl halftime show is still better than a soccer game.
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