767 Quotes by Stephen Colbert

Everything in nature has found a niche, a perfect harmony of balance. Man need to find his niche, his perfect balance, where he fits in the natural cycle

Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway.

We [comics] create our own reality on the show. I'm in a cocoon of the character's creation. Even within that reality, he's in a cocoon. While I'm an improviser and enjoy discovery, the show follows a script. I have a pretty good idea what's going to happen. It's a very ­crafted, controlled environment.

I'm a huge news junkie. I love what the news does.

Ignorance is bliss-Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions.

In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards.

The skinnification of America's jeanscape has gone too far.

My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.

You have to have a passionate opinion; otherwise you sound false. You end up telling the audience jokes they've already heard.