Lewis Black
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is known for his angry face and his belligerent comedic style, in which he often simulates having a mental breakdown. Black's comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and made regular appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivering his "Back in Black"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth30 August 1948
CitySilver Spring, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Democrats are like a big tortoise that's on its back and can't get up; you can't make jokes about that.
The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself.
I do not make jokes about Sarah Palin simply because I could not live in this world if I believed she was a real person.
I feel the need to scream, and even if the scream is not answered, I find my sanity in the echo.
There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.
It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.
Most of the longer-term relationships I've known have been gay relationships. They seem to be able to hang out longer.
One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich.
Parenting isn't just parenting your own child.
This book is dedicated to all of my friends who helped me get to where I am today - you know who you are... and when I find you I am going to kill you.
Now, most of the time you couldn't be too sure of the quality of the drug. Although, in my experience the stuff was always of a very high quality, because back then we didn't have business majors peddling lower-quality stuff in an effort to increase profits.
It was the coldest winter ever! I thought last winter was the coldest winter ever, but I was wrong now wasn't I? You see because I travel all the time. So last winter, I'd be in the midwest, and the blizzard would hit. And then I'd fly home, AND THE BLIZZARD WOULD HIT AGAIN!
For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my own. Then it dawned on me: That's not what I think; that's what married people think.
We have fossils... We win!