"And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling……" — Stephen Colbert

And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I… - Stephen Colbert

"And my daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I said, 'I'm trying to discipline you!' And then she looked up at me with her tear-stained eyes and said, 'This is how you teach children, by making them cry.' And it was such a clenching reminder - she won not only the argument, but she won life with that statement. I just burst out laughing, and I think they were so surprised that I burst out laughing, that they did too."

— Stephen Colbert

Argument Quotes Burst Quotes Burst Out Laughing Quotes Children Quotes Clenching Quotes Cry Quotes Daughter Quotes Daughter Said Quotes Discipline Quotes Eye Quotes Eyes Quotes Her Tear Quotes I Burst Quotes I Burst Out Laughing Quotes I Said Quotes I Think Quotes Laughing Quotes Life Quotes Looked Quotes Making Quotes Making Them Quotes Me Quotes My Daughter Quotes Only Quotes Out Quotes Reminder Quotes Reminders Quotes Said Quotes Said Why Quotes She Looked Quotes She Won Quotes Stained Quotes Stained Eyes Quotes Statement Quotes Such Quotes Surprised Quotes Teach Quotes Teach Children Quotes Tear Quotes Tear Stained Quotes Tears Quotes Them Quotes Them Cry Quotes Think Quotes Thinking Quotes Too Quotes Trying Quotes Up Quotes Us Quotes Why Quotes Won Quotes Won Life Quotes Yelling Quotes You Teach Quotes

321 Quotes by Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert has 321 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 321 quotes by Stephen Colbert »

More Argument Quotes

This quote is filed under Argument Quotes, one of 1,783 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere… — David Attenborough
If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids… — Margaret Atwood
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen… — Roger Bacon
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can… — Hosea Ballou
I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. — Douglas Adams
My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments. — John Barrymore
I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations… — Mario Batali
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them. — Pierre Beaumarchais
Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our… — Bob Beauprez
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own… — Joseph Addison

See all 1,783 Argument Quotes »