200 Quotes by Patton Oswalt

There are times when I have to take, I call it a ‘silence bath,’ where I shut off all of the external gadgets. I go walk around, talk to people, and just live life for a while.

There’s something kind of beautiful about that pure love of things. Like, “I’ll show that I love the thing I love by hating everything else.”

All the truly great stand-ups say, “I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I’m doing my work.” To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.

We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.

Based on my own experience, when you’re going through adolescence you don’t know how the world works. You can’t set a story in the world you live in because you don’t know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.

You just do as many shows as you can to hone what it is you’re working on.

As unhealthy as I am, I’m weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.

George Bush is not stupid. He’s evil. OK? There’s a huge difference between stupid and evil.

Even if you’re popular, there are times when you just feel like you’re not a part of things.