Colin Quinn quotes

Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are. (Colin Quinn)
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. View quote
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I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it. View quote
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Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type. View quote
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I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be. View quote
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I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway. View quote
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My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in. (Colin Quinn)
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. View quote
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I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her. View quote
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It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything. View quote
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I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ. View quote
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I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself. View quote
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I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America. View quote
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I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write. View quote
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Everybody says before reviews come out, 'Oh, reviews don't matter,' just in case they're bad; everyone want to brace themselves. (Colin Quinn)
I always wanted to write as much as perform. View quote
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That's the beauty of being a comedian: it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. View quote
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I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them. View quote
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I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows. View quote
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