--- title: "24 Shows Quotes By Jon Stewart" description: "24 Shows quotes by Jon Stewart. Plus more from Jon Stewart and more Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jon-stewart-455_belief_this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs-67_672349.jpg" --- > [This show is our own personal beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jon-stewart-455_belief_this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs-67_672349.jpg) > [The beautiful thing about faking a news show is the topicality is delayed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news-show-is-the-topicality-is/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/jon-stewart-455_beautiful_the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news_1758436.jpg) > [Never name it after yourself. Maybe we'll throw a with in there. That seems to work. Like Late Show With David Letterman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/never-name-it-after-yourself-maybe-we-ll-throw-a-with-in-there-that/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/jon-stewart-455_late_never-name-it-after-yourself-maybe-we-ll_1484503.jpg) > [You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/you-re-on-cnn-the-show-that-leads-into-me-is-puppets-making-crank/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/jon-stewart-455_cnn_you-re-on-cnn-the-show-that-leads-into-m_2506498.jpg) > [That's the beauty of our show. Comedy or politics. We're sort of a mix. A space age polymer of both. A synthetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/that-s-the-beauty-of-our-show-comedy-or-politics-we-re-sort-of-a-mix/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/jon-stewart-455_age_that-s-the-beauty-of-our-show-comedy-or_1470974.jpg) > [ \[John McCain\] didn't believe me. I think anybody who's been in a POW camp for five years can - take eight minutes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/john-mccain-didn-t-believe-me-i-think-anybody-who-s-been-in-a-pow/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/jon-stewart-455_believe_john-mccain-didn-t-believe-me-i-think-an_2768070.jpg) > [I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-m-too-short-to-host-a-late-night-talk-show-it-s-like-the-bar-at-an/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/jon-stewart-455_amusement_i-m-too-short-to-host-a-late-night-talk_2542759.jpg) > [Sitting around with funny people, banging out jokes and creating a television show. I have no hobbies, no outside interests. I'm fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/sitting-around-with-funny-people-banging-out-jokes-and-creating-a/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/jon-stewart-455_banging_sitting-around-with-funny-people-banging_1981745.jpg) > [But the main thing I don't want to be is un-funny. That's really the mandate. Just whatever we're doing, make it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/but-the-main-thing-i-don-t-want-to-be-is-un-funny-that-s-really-the/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/jon-stewart-455_baby_but-the-main-thing-i-don-t-want-to-be-is_1450218.jpg) > [I know that my job is to perform, it wouldn't be a very interesting show if I just came out one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-know-that-my-job-is-to-perform-it-wouldn-t-be-a-very-interesting/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/jon-stewart-455_back-and-forth_i-know-that-my-job-is-to-perform-it-woul_1176829.jpg) > [At first the difference will be in whatever atmosphere I bring into it. It's not going to be like, 'I really want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/at-first-the-difference-will-be-in-whatever-atmosphere-i-bring-into/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/jon-stewart-455_abstract_at-first-the-difference-will-be-in-whate_1732185.jpg) > [It's great having Bruce Springsteen on my show. We have so much in common! We're both from New Jersey, just from different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/it-s-great-having-bruce-springsteen-on-my-show-we-have-so-much-in/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/jon-stewart-455_atlanta_it-s-great-having-bruce-springsteen-on-m_1230371.jpg) > [I always get that cautionary warning right before I get off the phone with an interviewer. It's: 'Good luck with the show.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-always-get-that-cautionary-warning-right-before-i-get-off-the-phone/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/jon-stewart-455_attorney_i-always-get-that-cautionary-warning-rig_834635.jpg) > [Our show is obviously at a disadvantage with any of the other news shows we're competing against. For one thing, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/our-show-is-obviously-at-a-disadvantage-with-any-of-the-other-news/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/jon-stewart-455_competing_our-show-is-obviously-at-a-disadvantage_300093.jpg) > [Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/maybe-we-should-always-show-pictures-bin-laden-pictures-of-our/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/jon-stewart-455_behinds_maybe-we-should-always-show-pictures-bin_1129716.jpg) > [Some people have criticized the United States and the United States military for guarding oil fields and not guarding the Iraqi National…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/some-people-have-criticized-the-united-states-and-the-united-states/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/jon-stewart-455_antiquity_some-people-have-criticized-the-united-s_2272538.jpg) > [People would like to place a standard on our show that doesn't exist. We're not set up for reporting; we don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/people-would-like-to-place-a-standard-on-our-show-that-doesn-t-exist/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/jon-stewart-455_complaints_people-would-like-to-place-a-standard-on_1217715.jpg) > [You think that sense of humor goes as far as our ideology. I think that ultimately, we have we have very interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/you-think-that-sense-of-humor-goes-as-far-as-our-ideology-i-think/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/jon-stewart-455_believe_you-think-that-sense-of-humor-goes-as-fa_1093619.jpg) > [If you want, you can try and get a broader perspective, or you can find people who are absolutely out of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/if-you-want-you-can-try-and-get-a-broader-perspective-or-you-can-find/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/jon-stewart-455_complexes_if-you-want-you-can-try-and-get-a-broade_150665.jpg) > [The real challenge is when I'm at work, I'm at work. I'm locked in, I'm ready to go, I'm focused. When I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-real-challenge-is-when-i-m-at-work-i-m-at-work-i-m-locked-in-i-m/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/jon-stewart-455_barbie_the-real-challenge-is-when-i-m-at-work-i_3023614.jpg) > [The country's 24 hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-country-s-24-hour-political-pundit-perpetual-panic-conflictinator/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/jon-stewart-455_amplify_the-country-s-24-hour-political-pundit-p_3204150.jpg) > [ The frustration of our \[The Daily\] show is- very much outside any parameters of the media or the government. We don't have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-frustration-of-our-the-daily-show-is-very-much-outside-any/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/jon-stewart-455_access_the-frustration-of-our-the-daily-show-is_3100466.jpg) > [I think people are used to people in show business having a lot of hubris. I think I have a normal amount…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-think-people-are-used-to-people-in-show-business-having-a-lot-of/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/jon-stewart-455_amount_i-think-people-are-used-to-people-in-sho_1403539.jpg) > [When my syndicated show got canceled, the next day I still knew how to write jokes. That was a huge revelation. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/when-my-syndicated-show-got-canceled-the-next-day-i-still-knew-how-to/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/jon-stewart-455_comedy_when-my-syndicated-show-got-canceled-the_474228.jpg) ## Other authors on Shows ## More by Jon Stewart > [Clearly, I'm way older than everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/clearly-i-m-way-older-than-everyone/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [I don't know how people feel,that's the beauty of TV, is they can see us, but we can't see them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-don-t-know-how-people-feel-that-s-the-beauty-of-tv-is-they-can-see/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [I don't think marijuana should be illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-don-t-think-marijuana-should-be-illegal/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [I reject the idea there are just two sides. I think that with the amount of ideas and thoughts there are, it's not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-reject-the-idea-there-are-just-two-sides-i-think-that-with-the/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [Megachurches. I can't be the only one frightened when our houses of worship sound like they could take on Godzilla.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/megachurches-i-can-t-be-the-only-one-frightened-when-our-houses-of/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [While opponents label (Howard) Dean a throwback liberal, The New York Times recently noted that as governor, Dean cut income taxes, reformed welfare and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/while-opponents-label-howard-dean-a-throwback-liberal-the-new-york/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/you-just-have-to-keep-trying-to-do-good-work-and-hope-that-it-leads/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [You know, in Saudi Arabia, you're innocent until proven Jewish. Female. Guilty! They're guilty!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/you-know-in-saudi-arabia-you-re-innocent-until-proven-jewish-female/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-unfortunate-yet-truly-exciting-thing-about-your-life-is-that/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [A guy who says what people who aren't thinking are thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/a-guy-who-says-what-people-who-aren-t-thinking-are-thinking/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [Do you guys have to sell everything? I'd like to buy the Earth's core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/do-you-guys-have-to-sell-everything-i-d-like-to-buy-the-earth-s-core/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays. So there is a plural, which in the English language, necessitates the use of 's.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/christmas-and-the-new-year-are-actually-two-holidays-so-there-is-a/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [We're going to do a challenge. I'm going to try and download every movie ever made and you are going to try to sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/we-re-going-to-do-a-challenge-i-m-going-to-try-and-download-every/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/our-culture-is-just-a-series-of-checks-and-balances-the-whole-idea/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) > [For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't you know, it's interesting. I think we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/for-me-it-was-just-exciting-to-see-fake-news-catching-on-like-that-we/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shows/jon-stewart/#itemlist", "name": "24 Shows Quotes By Jon Stewart", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This show is our own personal beliefs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Stewart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jon-stewart-455_belief_this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs-67_672349.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jon-stewart-455_belief_this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs-67_672349.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jon-stewart-455_belief_this-show-is-our-own-personal-beliefs-67_672349.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This show is our own personal beliefs.” — Jon Stewart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The beautiful thing about faking a news show is the topicality is delayed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Stewart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news-show-is-the-topicality-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/jon-stewart-455_beautiful_the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news_1758436.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/jon-stewart-455_beautiful_the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news_1758436.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/jon-stewart-455_beautiful_the-beautiful-thing-about-faking-a-news_1758436.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The beautiful thing about faking a news show is the topicality is delayed.” — Jon Stewart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never name it after yourself. 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