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title: "2 Compelled Quotes By Sarah Silverman"
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> [In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/in-the-80s-especially-a-lot-of-comedians-felt-compelled-to-stick-with/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/sarah-silverman-1212_80s_in-the-80s-especially-a-lot-of-comedians_690752.png)

> [I do enjoy and feel compelled to talk about things that are taboo. One, because I think I'm a troublemaker inside, if someone says, "Don't say that," it's all I want to say. And also, something I learned in therapy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-do-enjoy-and-feel-compelled-to-talk-about-things-that-are-taboo-one/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

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## Other authors on Compelled

## More by Sarah Silverman

> [When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/when-i-was-17-i-read-a-profile-of-carol-leifer-since-then-i-wanted-to/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [My growing up years, we watched 'Happy Days,' every night. I don't know what was reruns and what was new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/my-growing-up-years-we-watched-happy-days-every-night-i-don-t-know/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [People can't help what topics cut them deep. It all depends on who's inferring - and what the contexts of their lives are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/people-can-t-help-what-topics-cut-them-deep-it-all-depends-on-who-s/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [In your twenties, I think you should have all of the sex that you're inclined to have, as long as you're safe about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/in-your-twenties-i-think-you-should-have-all-of-the-sex-that-you-re/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [I was a bedwetter until I was about 15, and it was humiliating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-was-a-bedwetter-until-i-was-about-15-and-it-was-humiliating/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [Someone on Twitter sent me a page from a textbook. It had a picture of a football player next to a picture of me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/someone-on-twitter-sent-me-a-page-from-a-textbook-it-had-a-picture-of/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [It fills me with a weird rage to wear shoes that make me not able to walk easily or run if I had to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/it-fills-me-with-a-weird-rage-to-wear-shoes-that-make-me-not-able-to/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/if-you-are-truly-offended-by-an-80-year-old-man-saying-you-re-not/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [Summer camp: the second worst camp for Jews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/summer-camp-the-second-worst-camp-for-jews/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [“If you’ve ever heard that song by Beyoncé, “Single Ladies,” I am one of the people she’s singing about. I have to be, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/if-you-ve-ever-heard-that-song-by-beyonc-single-ladies-i-am-one-of/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [If I were somebody else looking at my character, I'd be like, "She's beautiful." I'm practicing. I'm not succeeding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/if-i-were-somebody-else-looking-at-my-character-i-d-be-like-she-s/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [I say 'I'm sorry.' It usually disarms them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-say-i-m-sorry-it-usually-disarms-them/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [“People who call themselves divas...you are not a diva. I'm pretty sure you're a cunt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/people-who-call-themselves-divas-you-are-not-a-diva-i-m-pretty-sure/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [ \[I'm\] almost positive there is no God. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-m-almost-positive-there-is-no-god/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

> [It's just hard to say, "Well, I do this, which means this." If I'm telling you exactly who I am, then there's nothing for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/it-s-just-hard-to-say-well-i-do-this-which-means-this-if-i-m-telling/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

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