John Oliver Quotes & Sayings

“I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.”

“My first 'Daily Show' piece was pretending I had this terrible immigrant journey, so I went to talk to an immigration lawyer who would help out people, and I ran into him in Penn Station about three months after I'd gotten the green card. I said, 'I got my green card yesterday.' And he hugged me because he understood that level of relief.”

“Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.”

“Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.”

“The British media is sinking down, as the American news media has lowered the bar for all of humanity. British news media is definitely trying to stoop down to that level. Everyone is stooping to the lowest common denominator.”

“Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.”

“Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.”

“There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.”

“Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.”

“I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.”