Top 85 Quotes by John Oliver

About John Oliver

These are some quotes by British author John Oliver Comedian, who was born on April 23, 1977.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

John Oliver

You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.

You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.

John Oliver

Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.

Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.

John Oliver

I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.

I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.

John Oliver

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

John Oliver

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

John Oliver

I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.

I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.

John Oliver

Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.

Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.

John Oliver

In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face. And that's really not a good instinct with a 'Daily Show' field piece, where it's supposed to be an interview.

John Oliver

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

John Oliver

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