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Ron White Quotes
Ron White
American
Comedian
Born:
Dec 18
,
1956
Always
Comedy
Me
People
Work
You
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I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.
Ron White
Life
Me
People
Long
Except
Talk
Talking
Without
Doing
Going
Listen
Want
Plan
Standup
Keep
Keep Talking
Specific
Imagine
I'm definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won't. Then three years later I will finally try it and it'll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
Ron White
Funny
Try
Will
Three
Thinking
Later
Finally
Definitely
Guilty
Give
Something
More
Audience
Got
Years
Them
Then
Credit
I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.
Ron White
Listening
Laughter
Kid
Loved
Little
Little Kid
Even
The first thing I ever got my hands on was Andy Griffith's 'What It Was, Was Football.' I was fascinated with the fact that every syllable made it funny, and I would laugh even though I didn't know what any of it meant.
Ron White
Funny
Made
First
Every
Though
Laugh
Would
Andy
Fact
Football
Know
First Thing
Got
Hands
Hands-On
Any
The First Thing
Meant
Fascinated
Even
Ever
Thing
Syllable
I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers - doesn't matter if its something my wife hates.
Ron White
Matter
Wife
Desperate
Joke
Hates
About
Something
Write
Bothers
New
Material
New Material
Offends
Anything
Act
Who
Works
A lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
Ron White
People
Humor
Guess
Laugh
Find
Something
Lot
I would have rather been beat by a plumber than Kathy Griffin.
Ron White
Would
Plumber
Rather
Beat
Been
Than
Griffin
There have been times when I played more than others, but I've been a road comic for a quarter of a century, so I've always played golf on the road because you have a lot of time to kill.
Ron White
Time
You
Others
More
Road
Because
Always
Comic
Quarter
Been
Lot
Times
Than
Golf
Century
Played
All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
Ron White
Best
World
Joke
Some
Writers
Comedian
Friends
There's no idea or concept in comedy you could do that hasn't been attacked from some angle. But if you start leaving punchlines out so you'll look cool, I don't get that. But I don't watch standup anyway, so I don't know what they're doing.
Ron White
You
Comedy
Out
Some
No Idea
Angle
Attacked
Could
Idea
Know
Look
Concept
Doing
Leaving
Been
Get
Anyway
Cool
Standup
Start
Watch
It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I had all these records.
Ron White
Carlin
Wilson
Cosby
Records
Had
George
George Carlin
Pryor
Bob
Richard
Richard Pryor
Bill
Bill Cosby
Flip
The only thing I really worry about is my live stand-up show because I have to answer to the fans.
Ron White
Fans
Live
Worry
About
Only
Because
Answer
The Only Thing
Really
Show
Thing
Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won't give my TV show. I put it in my live show.
Ron White
Work
Live
Consider
TV
TV Show
Give
Write
Put
Anything
Show
There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.
Ron White
People
Fire
No Reason
Exist
Act
Reason
I go through about 140 cities a year.
Ron White
Year
Cities
About
Through
Go
I don't live under the illusion we don't need a military to protect this country.
Ron White
Illusion
Country
Military
Live
Protect
Need
I pretty much give both barrels every time I walk on stage.
Ron White
Time
Walk
Stage
Every
Every Time
Pretty
Give
Both
Much
Barrels
My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
Ron White
Pet
Other
Guess
Criticizing
Guy
Cable
Comedians
Biggest
Larry
My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Ron White
Favorite
Brothers
Peppers
Hot
Red
Bands
Chili
I think the world has their own good, clean, Christian comedy. They don't need my help.
Ron White
Good
World
Comedy
Own
Christian
Think
Clean
Help
Need
My shows are not all-the-way filthy, but they can be.
Ron White
Filthy
Shows
I always found that the closer I got to who I really am, on stage, the more they responded to it.
Ron White
Stage
More
Always
Got
Am
Closer
Really
Who
Found
Somebody the other day had a review, called me 'America's reprobate.' And I don't even know what that means, but I kinda like the way it sounds.
Ron White
Day
Me
Somebody
Other
Way
Kinda
Had
Like
Know
Sounds
Review
America
Means
Even
If I sit down to write a joke about, whatever, the polluted Gulf of Mexico, it comes out mundane to me.
Ron White
Me
Joke
Sit
Whatever
Down
Out
Gulf
About
Write
Mexico
Polluted
Mundane
I write these shows one joke at a time. There's no continuity. I do try to figure an order to the stories, but there's not continuity.
Ron White
Time
Try
Joke
Write
Continuity
Order
Stories
Figure
Shows
I've been married a few times. I'm not good at it.
Ron White
Good
Few
Married
Been
Times
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