When somebody tells you they’re not very smart, they’re saying exactly the opposite.
TIM ALLENI know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.
More Tim Allen Quotes
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As the Chinese will tell you, history depends on your point of view.
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I had a very easy time loving an audience. But when it’s one-on-one with somebody, all I wanted to do was run away, because maybe they’re going to want something from me I can’t give, or they’re going to hurt me.
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Women are brilliant. Every woman knows how to do the weirdest thing right out of the bucket. Every woman knows how to do that Hindu head wrap with the towel out of the shower. Ever try to do that? You look like a drunk Iraqi soldier.
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When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away. I was there buck naked, humiliated, sitting in my own crap and urine – this is a metaphor. My ego had run off. Your ego is the biggest coward.
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I’m a very bad student, but a great learner.
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Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.
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Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.
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I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I’ve never gotten over it.
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Dogs will eat till they die. Cats will leave food in the dish, incomprehensible to a dog.
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Comedy is the ultimate anarchist.
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My stepfather stepped in where no man would’ve stepped in – six kids, five of them boys – and that’s heroic.
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Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn’t go far didn’t see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded.
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Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything.
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Men aren’t men until they can get to Sears by themselves.
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While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.
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