Stewart Lee Quotes

I don't think I'd want to be a comedian today if I saw it on the telly. I wouldn't think it was a thing for weirdoes and drop-outs; I'd think it was a thing for squares who wanted to be famous.

Stewart Lee

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TodayThinkFamousWantSawSquares

I'm a big eater. I mean, a lot of my stand-up is about food, and you write about what you know, and that's the only thing I know. I don't know anything else.

Jim Gaffigan

FoodYouKnowMeanWriteAnything

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

John George Nicolay

MenEnoughCongressFirstFortunate

Whenever we're having a great time, we're already anticipating the day when we will remember this great time. Many of us live in that unreal area between the past, the present, and the future.

Andre Aciman

FutureLiveGreatTimeDayPast

I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.

Stephen Colbert

ProducerUpBeingExecutiveBeen

Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops.

Sloane Crosley

BirthdayTimeDoctorReadingThree

Even from the very beginning, the type of fans the Ramones generated were the kind of people who wound up running industry, who became professors and scientists. Our staunchest fans were always a little bit more on the outside, the type of people who didn't fit in with society.

Tommy Ramone

BeginningPeopleSocietyKindMore

Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.

Tony Gwynn

YourselfThinkYouImportantKnowing

I enjoy certain things, but I don't go out; I don't party. I just like watching movies, making fun music, and having a good time hanging out with the people who helped me get here - I'm a really simple guy.

Logic

GoodMusicTimeSimpleFunPeople

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

Julia Sweeney

LifeGreatMoneyYou Can Do ItThink

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does.

Joseph Kanon

New YorkGraduationLiteratureBack

Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

GreatThoughtSkillsNeverTennis

I would love to learn how to paint motorcycles and stuff like that. I really, really am fascinated by that.

Brian Fallon

LoveLearnPaintWouldLikeStuff

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