Stephen Colbert Short Quotes

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I believe it's yogurt, but I refuse to believe it's not butter.

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I think of him as well intentioned, poorly informed, high status idiot.

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Don't cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it'll be free yogurt.

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Never leave the house without an umbrella... or with one. It's your choice.

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Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor.

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All Dogs Go To Heaven? Sorry, kids. It's only the dogs who've accepted Christ.

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While skin and race are often synonymous, skin cleansing is good, race cleansing is bad.

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It would be a very short pint. It would be gummy bears and matzah, and be called Chewy Jewy.

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Look, PETA! If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so darn tasty!

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If I want to say he didn't that's my right, and now, thanks to Wikipedia — it's also a fact.

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Donald Trump refuses to be politically correct. And just to be safe, he refuses to be correct.

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Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, welcome! Your great country [of China] makes our Happy Meals possible!

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Wikipedia is the first place I go when I'm looking for knowledge... or when I want to create some.

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So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns.

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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a sub-prime fish loan and you're in business, buddy.

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We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything.

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The market is not finished. The market still has over nine thousand points to drop. We'll get to Christmas at least.

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Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.

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My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned, but an idiot… So we said, "Let's give him a promotion."

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And I just like the guy. He's a good joe. Obviously loves his wife, calls her his better half, and polls show America agrees.

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I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it the "No Fact Zone". Fox News, I hold a copyright on that term.

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I believe democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit.

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After acting for so many years, do you know who you are anymore? Because actors are liars basically, you lie about who you are to an audience.

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Who's Britannica to tell me that the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say that it was built in 1941, that's my right as an American.

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I didn't realize quite how liberal I was until I was asked to make passionate comedic choices as opposed to necessarily successful comedic choices.

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