List of Elayne Boosler Quotes

As For Being A Voice In Politics, I Feel Whether You Are Famous Or Not, Busy Or Not, It's Incumbent Upon Every Citizen To Participate In This Government In Any Way We Can.

Every Time We Help An Animal, We Are Healing Ourselves, Over And Over.

I Didn't Get A High School Diploma. I Really Didn't Have Much Of An Education, Which Left Me Open To Educating Myself Throughout My Life, Without The Limitations On Intellectual Curiosity A Formal Education Can Impose. I Followed What Interested Me.

Most People Love Animals, And Most People Love To Laugh. Combining The Two Makes Both Resonate Deeper.

I've Never Been Able To Write For Stand-up.

I Don't Categorize Myself. I Don't Think I'm Perceived As A Female Act By My Audience. My Fans Include Just As Many Men As Women.

My Family Was Totally Non-religious. There Was No Question We Were Jewish, But We Were Not Observant.

I’ve Thought For The Last Decade Or So, The Only Actual Place Raw Truth Was Seeping Through In Newspapers Was On The Comics Pages. They Were Able To Pull Off Intelligent Social Comment, Pure Truths Not Found Elsewhere In The News Pages, And Had The Ability To Make It All Funny, Entertaining, And Pertinent.

The Thing About Breaking Up When You Get Older, You Just Don't Have The Steam Anymore. "oh, That's It. I Can't Start Shaving My Legs Above The Knee Again."

San Francisco Is Really Fun And Liberal, And It's My Kind Of Politics. It's Like Being Jewish In Front Of Jewish People.

Now That The Court Has Declared Money To Be Speech, I Say We Replace The Current Court With Some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George Washingtons, A Couple Of Susan B. Anthony's, Roosevelts, Hamiltons, A Sacajawea Or Two, And An Abe Lincoln To Cover Scalia In Full.

It Doesn't Bother Me That I'm Not A Household Word On The East Coast. Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Minneapolis - I'm So Popular In These Cities Where You've Never Imagined An East Coast Comedian Working.

When I Was Growing Up In Comedy, There Were Maybe 10 Comics In The Whole Country. Everyone Had A Day Job. You Worked Free For Years In Little Clubs, Then You Got Your Big Break And Became A Star.

The Message Of Great Art Is To Disturb.

Why Isn't The Movie Industry Forced To Open Its Shooting Locations To An Organization That Is There To Advocate For Animal Actors? The Industry Isn't Allowed To Pick And Choose Which Movies Using Young Children It Will Or Won't Allow To Be Monitored. The Vulnerable Should Be Protected.

I Guess In General, People Tend To Not Eat The Cute Animals.

Designers Don't Put Out The Same Sweater Every Year. They Just Keep Creating.

Incredibly, Almost Every Hotel I Ever Played In Vegas Was Blown Up Shortly Afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The Hacienda, The Stardust - All Were Imploded.

I Never Minded Flying Cheap. I Always Said To Myself, 'taking This Flight Saves Enough Money To Rescue Four Dogs, Or Six Cats, Or Will Let Me Make A Difference To The One Woman Saving Chimps In Cameroon.'

I Love Being Down At Occupy Wall Street. The Sincerity, The Youth Involvement, The Desire For Better, Is Palpable And Moving. There Is True Caring, Sharing, And Refreshingly Naïve Hope.

Here Is What Is Needed For Occupy Wall Street To Become A Force For Change: A Clear, And Clearly Expressed, Objective. Or Two.

I Am Thankful I Was Born In America, Although If I Gain Any More Weight The Burqa Thing May Start To Seem Like A Good Idea To Me. See? Another Plus About America, You Can Always Find Some Food.

Horse Racing Is Waning In Popularity.

I Always Had A Running Commentary In My Head That Was Extremely Funny And Off-center, But I Never Said It To Anyone.