Quotes & Jokes by Craig Ferguson / page 25

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A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.

We are $14.3 trillion in debt, but the good news is we’ve got 14.3 trillion airline miles.

Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.

I don't know what the fuck was going on with the Scottish education board in the 1970's. It was like: 'Do you like whiskey? Do you hate kids? The job's yours.'

He was in awe of the thirst that people had for someone to tell them that everything was going to be all right. He marveled at the gullibility and vulnerability of his fellow humans. No wonder the churches called them sheep. They were woolly-headed pack animals being herded around for the benefit of whoever knew how to control the dogs.

Like many of her sex, Sophie was fiercely competitive with other women, working on the crackpot theory that if she could be better in some way, men would like her more, respect her. Make her happy. She never cottoned on that the men she was attracted to, the men who found her attractive, didn’t like women.

I'm careful with money.

Climate change is a serious problem. We all need to do what we can. Unless that means I’ve got to change stuff. Then I’m not doing it.

According to a new study, Hawaii is the happiest place in America to live. And I thought it was just a great place to pretend you were born in.

I don't want to be poor. I don't want to be rich to the extent that all I care about is keeping my job. I don't care enough about keeping my job right now. That's good. That makes effective at what I do. I don't want to be frightened of getting fired. So to that end I suppose my ambitions are that I spend less than I earn.

Even though it’s warm here in L.A., people still have to wear layers - at least until their plastic surgery heals.

If you know anything about me - and, if you do, I’m sorry that your life turned out like that.

Researchers in Britain claim they have created a gel that prevents tooth decay. We’ve got this in America. It’s called “toothpaste.”

I'm a vulgar lounge entertainer, I don't need to wear a tie.

I would prefer as a viewer to watch the mistakes. I am my own blooper reel, as it happens.