370 Quotes by Lewis Black

I think inevitably over the course of my lifetime there's been an underestimation of the American people, and I believe they are really the ones that give me hope. There's so much of "they don't know this, and they don't know that," and they're always denigrating.

I've been very lucky. There are guys I know who are really terrific in this business of stand-up who have not gotten the recognition they deserve. And it's nice, if you've put in the time, to achieve that recognition.

The Republicans are the party of bad ideas. The Democrats are the party of no ideas.

In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in twelve years, we'll be voting for plants.

I love anything that gets me outside of my own head. I love music because it's really just - I tried to play piano as a kid. I was awful. It didn't help, and this is absolutely true, that my piano teacher had arthritis. And that's not a good way to learn.

All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.

My father painted, well into his 80s, what he called hard edge abstractions.It's really cool.

If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.