All John Oliver Quotes
- Politics has become infused with narcissism in America. America
- I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression… Active
- When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery. Been
- You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting. Funny
- It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa. Inspirational
- The British media is sinking down, as the American news media has lowered the bar for all of humanity. British news media is definitely trying… All
- I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do… Accent
- Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive,… Anyone
- Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their… Albeit
- Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect. Any
- I would hate to meet myself at 15. Funny
- There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. Any
- I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything. Any
- Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can. Addiction
- The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked. Accept
- When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. Entertain
- If you're asking me, would I have voted for Mitt Romney, the answer is absolutely not. Emphatically not. I cannot envision a world in which… Absolutely
- Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest. Bad
- The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not. British
- It really helps a comedian to be an outsider. Comedian