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Jeff Ross
American
Comedian
Born:
Sep 13
,
1965
Bad
Comedians
Me
People
Think
You
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George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
Mitch Hedberg
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Steven Wright
W. C. Fields
Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.
Jeff Ross
Life
You
Life Is Short
Move On
Pain
Our
Laugh
Able
Never
Move
Short
Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.
Jeff Ross
Humor
Clean
Never
Edgy
If you keep looking backwards, you don't go anywhere.
Jeff Ross
You
Backwards
Looking
Go
Anywhere
Keep
I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.
Jeff Ross
Funny
Somebody
Bad
Tried
Could
Roast
Like
Sport
Well
Go
Either
Actually
When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.
Jeff Ross
Jealousy
Good
Stars
See
Fact
Part
Comedians
Singer
Because
Rock
Rock Stars
Get
Frustrated
I think comics should test people, I think it's our job to go too far. That way we know as a society what too far is. Where else are you going to hear it?
Jeff Ross
You
People
Job
Think
Society
Too
Else
Our
Way
Know
Test
Comics
Go
Hear
Going
Where
Far
Should
Bad taste is not illegal. I always got my first laughs as a kid by saying inappropriate things. That's always how we're going to get our laughs as comics.
Jeff Ross
Saying
First
Our
Kid
Laughs
Bad
Bad Taste
Always
Got
How
Comics
Get
Taste
Going
Inappropriate
Illegal
Things
Nobody likes a bad sport, no matter what the circumstances are.
Jeff Ross
Matter
Circumstances
Bad
Nobody
Likes
Sport
As soon as a roast is announced, I get everybody - family, friends, waitresses, cab drivers - giving me jokes about the person getting roasted. I'm the mouthpiece for the masses.
Jeff Ross
Family
Me
Jokes
Giving
Everybody
About
Cab
Drivers
Soon
Roast
Announced
Masses
Friends
Person
Get
Mouthpiece
Getting
I don't think you cross the line - I think you move the line.
Jeff Ross
You
Think
Cross
Line
Move
Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.
Jeff Ross
Sense Of Humor
People
Heroes
Humor
Sense
Athletes
Tend
Part
Most
Than
Might
Less
Many
Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.
Jeff Ross
Funny
Me
You
Somebody
Somewhere
Joke
Every
Observation
Gotta
Offend
Want
After
Apologize
People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead.
Jeff Ross
Love
People
Down
Everyone
See
Taken
Attention
Forehead
Target
Get
Same
Center
Loves
Public
Notch
Public Figures
Token
Figures
Even
I think Jersey stands alone, and because I'm from Jersey, I never make fun of where people are from. I'll make fun of what they look like, but I'll never make fun of where they are from. Jersey is special.
Jeff Ross
Alone
People
Think
Never
Like
Look
Make
Because
Where
Special
Stands
Fun
Jersey
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