Author: John Oliver

Quotes

If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.

If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian.

- John Oliver

It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.

It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.

- John Oliver

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

- John Oliver

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

- John Oliver

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.

- John Oliver

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

- John Oliver

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