When I grew up, my model of God was like a lifeguard: I knew He loved me, but He blew his whistle… — Pete Holmes God Copy Share Image
Joy is in learning to say yes to what is and to surrender into flow with what is, even when it's what… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I used to just want so badly to have afterlife insured and make sure I was going to heaven. — Pete Holmes Afterlife Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted a 'Girls'-type show about my life, but what's the big thing that happened to me? Oh, I got… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I mostly do faces and sounds. That's what I do. Comedy doesn't have to be art. — Pete Holmes Art Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy. — Pete Holmes Angry Copy Share Image
Audiences sometimes emit these weird frequencies that make you think you've weirded them out. — Pete Holmes Audiences Copy Share Image
Good comedy can be liberating, and if I'm doing my job as a comedian, part of the joy for the audience is… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
It's true that in show business, a lot of times a producer will just not ever be there, not even be aware… — Pete Holmes Business Copy Share Image
I am a comedian. My brain is critical - it's overthinking - but you can find ways to turn it down and… — Pete Holmes Brain Copy Share Image
Religion often is very embarrassing, and I totally get it. So I am sort of sometimes burdened with the fact that I… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive,… — Pete Holmes Comedian Copy Share Image
There's nothing you can do to increase or decrease the love that God has for you, but there are things you can… — Pete Holmes Awareness Copy Share Image
I think a lot of pain in people's lives comes from not being open and honest about what they really think, what… — Pete Holmes Being Copy Share Image
Yeah, I had a talk show canceled. Okay, let's go back to the list of people who had talk shows canceled. Johnny… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
The world is so mysterious, and there's so many social interactions where I have no idea what I'm supposed to do -… — Pete Holmes Being Copy Share Image
A stand-up act is almost like a pool. You know what I mean? It's like a pool, and you're always skimming little… — Pete Holmes Body Copy Share Image
I have never been political, which for a straight white man that's kind of a byproduct of privilege growing up that I… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I look at my faith like a room, and there was all of this furniture in there, but I had inherited most… — Pete Holmes Faith Copy Share Image
One of my obsessions in life is that we have the tools to manufacture moments and real things, but it's overwhelming and… — Pete Holmes Being positive Copy Share Image
I'm not going to have the TV personality and be like, 'There's no bitterness. There's no ugliness.' There's bitterness. There's ugliness. There's… — Pete Holmes Anger Copy Share Image
We can give space to someone's depression. We can love them; we can honor - we can just eat some noodles, we… — Pete Holmes Depression Copy Share Image
There's something about a podcast that feels like two people in a closet with the lights off. — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I went and saw Letterman when I was 15, and that had a profound impact on me. — Pete Holmes Impact Copy Share Image
If I open a Batman book, and he doesn't look right, I can't do it. It has so much to do with… — Pete Holmes Art Copy Share Image
Starting the podcast was an experiment. I wouldn't say I was very private, but I was probably as private as the average… — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
People like Bill Burr and Jim Gaffigan and Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman - they were all amazing and helpful to me. — Pete Holmes Amazing Copy Share Image
When I look at what's happening with #MeToo, my heart breaks, basically, for everybody involved. — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
I didn't like talking about my divorce. I think I viewed that as something that was embarrassing or a failure. — Pete Holmes Divorce Copy Share Image
