Stephen Colbert Quotes About Opinions

Quotes about: Opinions

• Opinions are like demo tapes. I don't want to hear yours

  Stephen Colbert

  Tape, Want, Opinion

• I'm not a fan of facts. You see, the facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.

  Stephen Colbert

  Change, Fans, Matter

  "Stephen Colbert, The Next Ronald Reagan? Satirical Political Career Parallels Former President’s" by Jordan Zakarin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2012.

• It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.

  Stephen Colbert

  Perception, Matter, Facts

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 25, 2006.

• Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.

  Stephen Colbert

  Country, Mean, Perception

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, tv.avclub.com. January 25, 2006.

• You have to have a passionate opinion; otherwise you sound false. You end up telling the audience jokes they've already heard.

  Stephen Colbert

  Passion, Sound, Opinion

  "A Super Straight Guy". Interview with Elana Berkowitz, Amy Schiller, www.alternet.org. July 28, 2005.

• Science attacks our most cherished opinions. Opinions which come straight from our collective gut. Oh, wait, according to gastroenterologists, the only thing that comes from the gut is waste left from the digestion of food. That’s right, “waste.” I guess that means that scientists literally think our opinions should be flushed down the toilet!

  Stephen Colbert

  Mean, Thinking, Waiting

• I'm not a fan of the facts. Facts change; my opinion never does.

  Stephen Colbert

  Fans, Doe, Facts

• We all know why [the generals] are so critical of the defense secretary. They're being defensive because they weren't able to implement his brilliant plan [on screen: Operation 'Greet Us As Liberators']. It was so simple: Go in with 100,000 troops, topple the regime, everybody loves us, and we leave by Easter 2003. These ex-military men have their right to their opinions, that's fine. They just shouldn't voice them during a war [on screen: 'Loose Lips Sink Approval Ratings']

  Stephen Colbert

  Easter, War, Military

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