--- title: "11 Want Quotes By David Cross" description: "11 Want quotes by David Cross. Plus more from David Cross and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/david-cross-3386_disagree_if-people-disagree-with-me-and-want-to-a_3063279.png" --- > [If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/if-people-disagree-with-me-and-want-to-articulate-it-that-s-not-only/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/david-cross-3386_disagree_if-people-disagree-with-me-and-want-to-a_3063279.png) > [I do not want to encourage heckling and outbreaks at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-do-not-want-to-encourage-heckling-and-outbreaks-at-all/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/david-cross-3386_heckling_i-do-not-want-to-encourage-heckling-and_1954327.png) > [Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/besides-if-people-really-want-to-support-the-troops-they-would-vote/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/david-cross-3386_democrat_besides-if-people-really-want-to-support_2021065.png) > [If you want to reinstate the 14.4 billion dollars that Bush cut out of the veterans program then vote democrat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/if-you-want-to-reinstate-the-14-4-billion-dollars-that-bush-cut-out/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/david-cross-3386_billions_if-you-want-to-reinstate-the-14-4-billio_1617006.png) > [I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-don-t-think-hbo-would-want-to-do-anything-in-conjunction-with-sub/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/david-cross-3386_anything_i-don-t-think-hbo-would-want-to-do-anyth_2454290.png) > [I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-think-people-for-the-most-part-actually-want-what-they-think-is-best/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/david-cross-3386_people_i-think-people-for-the-most-part-actuall_1821370.png) > [Hopefully people are upset for the reason I want them to be upset. Even when I was doing open mics, I've always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/hopefully-people-are-upset-for-the-reason-i-want-them-to-be-upset/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/david-cross-3386_crowd-pleasers_hopefully-people-are-upset-for-the-reaso_2082723.png) > [I don't want to do 20 minutes on Donald Trump. I want to do 10 minutes and move on. I wouldn't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-don-t-want-to-do-20-minutes-on-donald-trump-i-want-to-do-10-minutes/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/david-cross-3386_comedy_i-don-t-want-to-do-20-minutes-on-donald_3022646.jpg) > [Most people who have kids are, "Hey, I want another me. I like me. I'm pretty cool, and I've got really great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/most-people-who-have-kids-are-hey-i-want-another-me-i-like-me-i-m/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/david-cross-3386_great-idea_most-people-who-have-kids-are-hey-i-want_135582.png) > [I'm going to keep talking about what I think is interesting for my entire career. If you want to hear about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-m-going-to-keep-talking-about-what-i-think-is-interesting-for-my/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/david-cross-3386_being-married_i-m-going-to-keep-talking-about-what-i-t_819839.png) > [I'm of the mindset that most people who have kids are, which is, 'Hey, I want another me. I like me. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-m-of-the-mindset-that-most-people-who-have-kids-are-which-is-hey-i/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/david-cross-3386_another_i-m-of-the-mindset-that-most-people-who_513439.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by David Cross > [In New York, you are constantly faced with this very urgent decision that you have to make, about every twenty minutes...you have to decide,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/in-new-york-you-are-constantly-faced-with-this-very-urgent-decision/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I read the New York Times, and if I'm in a different city, I'll skim that paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-read-the-new-york-times-and-if-i-m-in-a-different-city-i-ll-skim/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-hate-bumper-stickers-you-can-t-sum-anything-up-all-you-do-is-paint/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [There's the disingenuous duplicitousness, but you can apply that to every politician, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/there-s-the-disingenuous-duplicitousness-but-you-can-apply-that-to/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-remember-being-a-kid-and-the-vietnam-war-was-huge-and-looking-at/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I grew up in that minority. I grew up in the South, in Roswell, Georgia, and it was heavily white, Baptist, conservative. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-grew-up-in-that-minority-i-grew-up-in-the-south-in-roswell-georgia/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [ I think for a lot of people, it's just where their saturation point was. Once you get into the \[Donald\] Trump stuff and the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-think-for-a-lot-of-people-it-s-just-where-their-saturation-point/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/it-s-not-about-trying-to-be-funny-all-the-time-it-s-more-of-a/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I still think that, hopefully, you're not ahead of the jokes, and I think that has value. There is a punchline and it's pointed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-still-think-that-hopefully-you-re-not-ahead-of-the-jokes-and-i/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It's like having a war on jealousy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/you-cannot-win-a-war-on-terrorism-it-s-like-having-a-war-on-jealousy/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [Most people who have kids are, "Hey, I want another me. I like me. I'm pretty cool, and I've got really great ideas, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/most-people-who-have-kids-are-hey-i-want-another-me-i-like-me-i-m/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I was in Antwerp - which, I had about 20 shows left at that point - and a guy said, "That's Dave Attell's." Also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-was-in-antwerp-which-i-had-about-20-shows-left-at-that-point-and-a/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/in-new-york-there-isn-t-that-weird-palpable-competitive-thing-where/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [So all my friends have kids now... which I think is rude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/so-all-my-friends-have-kids-now-which-i-think-is-rude/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) > [I'm a professional comic. Whether you think I'm funny or not, that's, again, subjective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/i-m-a-professional-comic-whether-you-think-i-m-funny-or-not-that-s/) [David Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cross/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-cross/#itemlist", "name": "11 Want Quotes By David Cross", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If people disagree with me and want to articulate it, that's not only their right but almost their obligation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Cross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cross/if-people-disagree-with-me-and-want-to-articulate-it-that-s-not-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/david-cross-3386_disagree_if-people-disagree-with-me-and-want-to-a_3063279.png", 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