Sarah Silverman, in full Sarah Kate Silverman, (born December 1, 1970, Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.), is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Silverman returned to television on the surreal sitcom Greg the Bunny (2002–04) and did voice work on a variety of comedy shows, Silverman continued to make occasional television guest appearances on shows such as Masters of S#x, about s#x researchers. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she spoke in support of Hillary Clinton. She developed an interest in comedy which stayed with her right through. At the age of 17, she started appearing at local clubs and community theatre and performed her first stand-up routine in Boston. In 1993, she earned the position of a writer and performer at SNL. In 2005, she starred in the film version of her one-woman show titled ‘Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic.’ The film received mixed reaction from the critics. It managed to amass US $1.3 million at the box office. Checkout Top Inspirational and Funny Quotes by Sarah Silverman.
Sarah Silverman Quotes
- Guess what, Martin Luther King? I had a dream, too.
Your inability to see yourself clearly is what’s keeping you alive.”
- “We need to stop telling girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn’t.”
- When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.
- “I am 39 years old, and I still wake up every morning really excited I don’t have to go to school.”
- I don’t care if you think I’m racist. I just want you to think I’m thin.
- “I hope the Jews did kill Christ, I’d do it again in a second.”
“We don’t live in a democracy; we live in a hypocrisy.”
- “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.”
- “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!”
- “Jews, black people – any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people – use humor. It is a survival skill.”
- “Letting your freak flag fly is something, no matter who you are, that takes great bravery, straight up.”
- “And we’re just all made of molecules and we’re hurtling through space right now.”
- “I love going to weddings. And I love it when my friends get married. I’m not against marriage but it’s just not for me. I’m a vegetarian, but I don’t have a problem if you want a hamburger.”
- “When God gives you AIDS – and God does give you AIDS, by the way – make lemonAIDS.”
- “I like talking about things that are taboo because it makes them not taboo anymore.”
- “I commend you on all you’ve done for PETA, wrestling the one-eyed trouser snake with your bare hands, gently cuddling it in your arms, and nurturing it back to health.”
- “I do love poop. I can’t help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political, but nothing’s going to get me like dumb stuff.” .”
- “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 believe it was the blacks.”
- “If life is a meal, then diaries are the toilets in which we shit out its vile remnants.”
- “It’s not cold in here, you’re just dying.”
- “You’re supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.”
- “But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it’s funny enough.”
- “She loved dogs, New York, television, children, friendship, s#x, laughing, heartbreaking songs, m#rijuana, farts, and cuddling.”
“Nothing seems crazy when you’re used to it.”
- “And it turns out I was just thirsty.”
- “People who call themselves divas…you are not a diva. I’m pretty sure you’re a c#nt.”
- “Summer camp: the second worst camp for Jews.”
- “That still feels like the most accurate description – I felt homesick, but I was home.”
- “Great News! If you quit being c#nty the whole world will stop being against you!”
- “The good news is hopeful doesn’t mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn’t mean smart.
- “Since so many people these days don’t seem to start their families until around age forty, I predict there will be less child beating, but more slipped disks from lifting babies out of cribs. Even the father of advanced age who’s not inclined to spare the rod is likely to suffer more than his victim: The first punch he throws might well be the last straw for his rotator cuff, reducing his disciplinary options to mere verbal abuse and napping”
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- “I got jury duty and I didn’t want to go, so my friend said, “You should write something really really racist on the form when you return it. Like, you should put ‘I hate chinks’.” And I said, “I’m not going to put that on there just to get out of jury duty. I don’t want people to think that about me.” So instead I wrote, “I love chinks.” And who doesn’t?”
- “I do enjoy and feel compelled to talk about things that are taboo. One, because I think I’m a troublemaker inside, if someone says, “Don’t say that,” it’s all I want to say. And also, something I learned in therapy … which is darkness can’t exist in the light, and then that made me think of something that Mr. Rogers said, which is, “If it’s mentionable, it’s manageable.””
- “Drew Friedman isn’t just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you smell the stale cig#rettes and cold brisket and you say, thank you for the pleasure.”
- “My growing up years, we watched ‘Happy Days,’ every night. I don’t know what was reruns and what was new.”
- “I don’t set out to offend or shock, but I also don’t do anything to avoid it.”
- “Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert.”
- “Smells definitely do have a crazy impact on me.”