218 Quotes by 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.

I think being an outsider in general always helps you in comedy. I think it helps to have an outsider’s eye. And so I have an outsider’s voice. You know, as soon as I start talking, I don’t belong here. And I think that helps in a way.

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there – I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen’s butler.

Sarah Palin has been hired back by Fox News, and she only left five months ago. She has now effectively quit quitting. She can’t even commit to being uncommitted.

There’s never any time I think I’m a real journalist, because I don’t have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

News is not a game show. You don’t win a car if you happen to be right.

Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there’s just no shortcut – you just have to do it.

It’s a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.

It’s pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.