Colin Quinn Quotes

• My name has zero value.

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• The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don’t tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.

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• So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

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• The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say ‘I have low self-esteem.’ No you don’t. You’re standing on stage asking people to pay. You don’t play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what’s in your mind. You don’t have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.

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  Tags in Crazy, Thing, Problems

• The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they’re profound or they’re deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

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• The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.

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• Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

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• Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you’ll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.

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  Tags in Mind, Person, Wrong

• When I look back now I realize I was such an obnoxious kid but, you know, I went to schools like you, like a public school in New York so compared to the anarchy that was going on there, they really wouldn’t – I wasn’t like a bad kid. I saw people come in and punch the teachers.

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  Tags in School, Really, Realize

• You can’t make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.

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  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Laugh, Think

• You can’t make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.

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• You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There’s no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you’re finished. It’s impossible to predict anything.

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• You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.

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  Topics in Business, Funny

  Tags in Things, Small

Colin Quinn (33)

Birth:	6th June, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter, Television Presenter

About

Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter, TV producer and TV presenter. On television he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, Remote Control and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He wrote for In Living Color, and co-wrote and produced the movie Celtic Pride, which starred Damon Wayans and Dan Aykroyd. His stand-up was also used in the animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. In 2004, Quinn was named No. 56 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time.

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