Stephen Colbert Trying Quotations

I'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. We don't lead, we only follow. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your work.

What the right-wing in the United States tries to do is undermine the press.

I'm a junkie for exhaustion, and I'm a junkie for setting up my expectations too high and then trying to meet them.

So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop other Indian tribes from getting casinos [on screen: 'Thou Shalt Not Compete'] and bribe congressmen in the process. Know what I call that? I call that business as usual in Washington. [on screen: 'Screwing Indians']

Try to love others and serve others and hopefully find those who love and serve you in return.