Jon Stewart Quotes

American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

Jon Stewart born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz 28 November, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He was also the host of the Emmy-award winning program, The Daily Show, author of Naked Pictures of Famous People and co-author of the New York Times bestseller America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction.

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Alternative Names: Jonathan "Jon" Stewart • Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz • Jonathan Stewart

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If your world does not include enough access to different people, and their world does not include enough access to you, you are speaking from ignorance.

You know what they say: If at first you don't succeed, f**k it.

If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it’s not politics — and this is, I think, probably a horrible analogy — but I look at politicians as, they are doing what inherently they need to do to retain power. Their job is to consolidate power. When you go to the zoo and you see a monkey throwing poop, you go, ‘That’s what monkeys do, what are you gonna do?’ But what I wish the media would do more frequently is say, ‘Bad monkey.

What are you so mad about? That we still have a government? We still have “traffic lights.” We’re sorry. The government’s not perfect, but some people wish it was better, not gone.

In whose delusional mind is democracy made better by letting wealthier people control more of it?

Love what you do. Get good at it. Competence is a rare commodity in this day and age. And let the chips fall where they man.

Race is there. You're tire of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting it is living it.

Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.

As an adolescent, Vonnegut made my life bearable.

It's great having Bruce Springsteen on my show. We have so much in common! We're both from New Jersey, just from different neighborhoods. Sort of like how Martin Luther King and Margaret Mitchell both came from Atlanta. But from different neighborhoods.

You're tired of hearing about it? (racism) Imagine how freaking tiring it must be living through it.

It is perhaps a sign of the strength of our republic that so few people feel the need to participate. That must be the reason.

Campaigns and elections are the process in which democracy separates the willing from the able, and goes with the willing.

"Often, no sooner would the mind begin to scale the heights of Mt. Knowledge than it would receive a frantic call from body base camp, demanding it return to oversee "Operation Masturbate.

I thinking gay and straight people use the same putters, it's not a matter of putters but a matter of hole selection.