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George Lopez

(1961) Comedian United States

118 quotes in 663 categories

George Lopez talks about how comedians now share jokes on phones, tablets, and any future device. He jokes about everyday moments that make people laugh so hard they spill milk. He wonders whether traditional stand‑up will survive as short video sketches become popular.

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George Lopez is a comedian from the United States, best known for Economic Sanctions.

Quick Facts About George Lopez

Born: April 23, 1961
Nationality: United States
Profession: Comedian
Notable works: Economic Sanctions
Spouse: Q41716442

About George Lopez

He performs stand‑up comedy that looks at race, ethnic relations, and Mexican American culture. His work has earned honors such as the 2003 Imagen Vision Award, the 2003 Latino Spirit Award for Excellence in Television, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Award. In 2005 Time magazine named him one of the 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America.

Awards & Honors

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by George Lopez

I can never do nothing in this house!

Funny

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Laughter survives... it has to survive.

Comedy

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We're Mexican not Mexican't!

Mexican

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Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.

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I've gotten in trouble with every race you can imagine.

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if you make waffles, throw out the first one.

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We're Mexi-cans not Mexi-can'ts.

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This is L.A. You wanna learn Spanish? Take the bus.

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It helps me focus on our Lord and helps me get through the day.

Focus

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One time, I was so hungry, I ate the beans in a bean bag chair.

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Memories, priceless. Well not really priceless, but there you go!

Memories

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No particular race is the enemy. Ignorance is the enemy.

Enemy

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I never realized I could love people as much as I do now.

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Sometimes when you win, you think you're going to get everything to go your way.

Football

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When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be…

Gospel

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In life, there's a ying and a yang and a balance. And when you don't have balance, you have comedy.

Balance

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When I was 10 there wasnt trampolines and cartoon charaters, I never went to Chuck E Cheese! My mom said ' you…

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We are now the proud owners of a white boy. Now we have to shop in the caucasian isle and get sunscreen,…

Boys

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I don't think words can comfort at this time. Just love and support of his family, and for Will to know that…

Family

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I've gotten to a place where I am comfortable and I don't battle myself. I'm further ahead than I ever thought I'd…

Exceeded

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It's good to see people not smoking. You get dressed up, and you smoke, and it gets in your clothes. You go,…

Clothes

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Tied one on last night. Not feeling great this morning. I was trying to sleep it off, unfortunately, it was on the…

Casinos

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I think we all feel the same things most of the time, we just don't know how to put it into words.…

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The jewelry stores say, 'Tell your wife you love her with a diamond,' while wives tell you they love you with, 'Ok,…

Diamond

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You know how Mexican restaurants always have "border" in the name: Border Grill, Border Cafe. You wouldn't do that to black people:…

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Everything we play when we are growing up, is team related. In this game (of golf) you can find all the answers…

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The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of…

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If you had a personal trainer, you would probably eat him. I know that in every fat person, there's a skinny person…

America

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If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black…

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I want to tell you about a woman I have been married to for ten years, my wife, Ann, who speaking truthfully,…

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My wife gave me a book before we got married, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, by Dr. Seuss. She was trying to…

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You know, you walk through this hotel, you're not going to see all white people; you're not going to see all black…

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They were putting together a book for her birthday of all her friends, and they asked me to fill out a blank…

Books

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My grandmother instilled in me a toughness that comes with survival. She was a tough lady and never truly enjoyed her life.…

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It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew…

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I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and…

Comedy

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I grew up with nothing and nobody ever told me I could do anything. I never knew my father, and my mother…

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There's no one I admire more than Lee. To be Mexican-American at a time when our culture was really invisible, and to…

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I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture…

African american

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I got a pain in my chest, and I can't breathe

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