Quotes by Janeane Garofalo

“To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.”

“Here's what the right-wing has in, there's no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.”

“I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.”

“I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person.”

“Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.”

“I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.”

“When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.”

“I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive.”

“I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.”

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