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Colin Quinn Quotes

Colin Quinn quotes

American Comedian June 6, 1959

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If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn quote: "I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write."
I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write. Colin Quinn
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. 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. Colin Quinn
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. Colin Quinn
For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor. Colin Quinn
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. Colin Quinn
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. Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn quote: "You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you..."
You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody. Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn quote: "Everybody's funny in different ways."
Everybody's funny in different ways. Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn quote: "That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job..."
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. Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn quote: "I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you..."
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. Colin Quinn
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. Colin Quinn
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. Colin Quinn
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

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