Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?
Stephen ColbertI like talking about people who don't have any power and it seems like some of the least powerful people in the United States are the migrant workers who come and do our work and don't have any rights as a result. And yet we still invite them to come here, and at the same time ask them to leave.
Stephen ColbertI can't be gay! I'm a happily married conservative, just like Ted Haggard and Larry Craig.
Stephen ColbertI don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.
Stephen ColbertAnd that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna say, 'Hey, that's not a word!' Well, anybody who knows me knows that I am no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, what did or didn't happen.
Stephen Colbert