284 Quotes by Aziz Ansari

Regardless of your ethnicity or anything, if you do great work, people will notice and you’ll get hired.

Marriage was an economic institution in which you were given a partnership for life in terms of children and social status and succession and companionship. But now we want our partner to still give us all these things, but in addition I want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my passionate lover to boot, and we live twice as long. So we come to one person, and we basically are asking them to give us what once an entire village used to provide:.

Even in my stand-up, there’s a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

When you meet someone you really like and connect with, I think that’s very special, and not to be taken for granted.

Everyone’s first thought is “These women are going to take advantage of you” or “Someone’s only going to date you because you’re famous.” That stuff’s not really an issue because that’s super-easy to see through.

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn’t notice.

The hardest part about rollerblading is telling your parents you’re gay.

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I’ve really had.

I’m the kind of person, if I see something, like a funny video, I want to share it. With Twitter and Tumblr you can do that on a mass scale, and people get to know your personality.