I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.
Stephen ColbertIn order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'
Stephen ColbertI don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.
Stephen ColbertFirst, [in high school], I smoked a lot of pot...and that's how I got to know the people 'half in' the society of my high school and we waved at each other over the bong. Then I got to know people by making jokes.
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