Stephen Colbert Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Give a man a suicide bomb, he blows up once. Teach a man to suicide bomb, he also blows up once.

  Stephen Colbert

  Suicide, Men, Blow

• Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it "The No Fact Zone.

  Stephen Colbert

  Funny, Night, People

  "Salad days for satire". "Future Tense" with Antony Funnell, www.abc.net.au. February 8, 2015.

• Researchers from Britain's Keele University have found that swearing after an injury may help alleviate pain. Evidently, the pain that you feel is inversely proportional to the number of middle names you give Jesus.

  Stephen Colbert

  Jesus, Pain, Names

• My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot. So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.'

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Self, Giving

  "Colbert spoofs cable news on Daily Show spinoff". Associated Press report, October 31, 2005.

• You know what I hate about people who criticize you? They - they criticize what you say but they never give you credit for how loud you say it.

  Stephen Colbert

  Hate, People, Giving

  "Stephen Colbert Enters the No Spin Zone". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. January 18, 2007.

• I have two last pieces of advice. First, being pre-approved for a credit card does not mean you have to apply for it. And lastly, the best career advice I can give you is to get your own TV show. It pays well, the hours are good, and you are famous. And eventually some very nice people will give you a doctorate in fine arts for doing jack squat.

  Stephen Colbert

  Art, Nice, Mean

  Stephen Colbert's Commencement Address at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, www.alternet.org. June 5, 2006.

• TV's Tony Snow becomes the White House press secretary. How will he make the difficult transition from Fox News reporter to Republican apologist? ... Mr. President, it is time to hire the folks who've never let you down. Limbaugh at Health and Human Services. Hannity at State. Then give Rummy the Medal of Freedom and install Bill O'Reilly as secretary of defense. Only problem, you might find yourself invading Vermont. And I'll replace Chertoff at Homeland Security. The man's done nothing to control the bear population.

  Stephen Colbert

  Men, White, Giving

• It's time for me to give out an award to newly elected Majority Leader John Boehner. Mr. Boehner was elected just a few days ago to reform House Republicans, who are feeling the heat from lobbyist scandals. Well, CNN found out that he rents his two-bedroom apartment from a lobbyist who had clients who had interests in legislation that Boehner sponsored. And for that, Mr. Boehner, you've just won a pair of Stephen Colbert's big brass balls.

  Stephen Colbert

  Two, Cnn, Awards

• Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a sub-prime fish loan and you're in business, buddy.

  Stephen Colbert

  Men, Giving, Loan

  "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert, May 14, 2008.

• This is America. I don't want a tomato picked by a Mexican. I want it picked by an American, then sliced by a Guatemalan and served by a Venezuelan in a spa where a Chilean gives me a Brazilian.

  Stephen Colbert

  America, Giving, Mexican

  "Colbert in Congress: Politics - or self-parody?". www.nbcnews.com. September 24, 2010.

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