Sarah Silverman Quotes
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People who follow their religion to the letter of the law are just silly. I mean, I want to tell Hasidic Jews I promise you, God will not mind if you wear a nice cotton blend in the summer.
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Nothing is taboo if you have an angle on it.
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I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or darkness.
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You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.
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I love children. I'm embarrassingly baby-crazy.
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Everybody blames the Jews for killing Christ, and the Jews try to pass it off on the Romans. I'm one of the few people who believes it was the blacks.
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I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.
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I feel so confident and awesome and sexy when I'm with people who are older than me, and I've always been surrounded by people who are older than me. But to be vital in comedy, you have to exist in a world that's dominated by young people.
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She, uh, came out of the closet recently, my niece. Um... She announced to the family that she's a lesbian and... She's seven, did I mention that? And, uh, I don't even know if she knows what a lesbian is, but I support her completely. And, uh... I'll tell you what's heartbreaking. My sister punished her for it. Can you believe that? No pussy for a week. Which to us may not sound like... But when you're seven, you know, a week is a long time.
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We deserve quality lives with equality.
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I like to think of myself as 'hot-larious' I'm cute, but I'm totally approachable.
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I'm not wanting and I don't live in a hovel, but if you keep your costs low, you can do what you want to do creatively.
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I talk to friends who get their feelings hurt when they read Twitter mentions. I have an amazing solution - don't read Twitter mentions.
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When you're a comic, it's like being born gay. It's what you want to do every night when your other friends are out at night going to parties.
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It's just hard to say, "Well, I do this, which means this." If I'm telling you exactly who I am, then there's nothing for the audience to say.
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When I was three, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to his friends. They would laugh and laugh. I realize now the laugh was pure shock value, but it felt really good, and I've been chasing it ever since.
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Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.
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I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by what other people think of you, it's a form of self-torture.
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I'm all sentimental. I've probably been ruined by romantic movies, but I really do believe in love. I've experienced it, I've had it, so I know it's real.
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It's really stupid to defend your own jokes. That is for other people to do if they choose to.
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I am Jewish and proud of this culturally and ethnically - the ways in which I was born this way and am happy with whom I am.
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People are always introducing me as Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne. I hate that! I wish people would see me for who I really am — I'm white!
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Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.
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People can't help what topics cut them deep. It all depends on who's inferring - and what the contexts of their lives are at the time.