Louis C. K.

Louis C. K.

26 quotes

An American comedian, actor and filmmaker active since the 1960s, Louis C. K. has long been a source of memorable observations. The range of their thinking — from Movies to Women — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 31 of Louis C. K.'s sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Movies, Women, Positive, Money, and Experience. Start here and see if you agree: "It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me."

“America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.”

— Louis C. K.

Family

All Quotes by Louis C. K.

“To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.”

— Louis C. K.

Art

“There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.”

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Home

“It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.”

— Louis C. K.

Alone

“The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.”

— Louis C. K.

Famous

“Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.”

— Louis C. K.

Positive

“I grew up watching all these crazy movies, European movies and stuff, and I guess that I always laughed at things that were a little more offbeat.”

— Louis C. K.

Movies

“I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.”

— Louis C. K.

Humor

“When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.”

— Louis C. K.

Food

“I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.”

— Louis C. K.

Experience

“America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.”

— Louis C. K.

Family

“It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.”

— Louis C. K.

Positive

“It's more fun to experience things when you don't know what's going to happen.”

— Louis C. K.

Experience

“When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.”

— Louis C. K.

Smile

“If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it.”

— Louis C. K.

Romantic

“I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.”

— Louis C. K.

Failure

“I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.”

— Louis C. K.

Women

“For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.”

— Louis C. K.

Money

“Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.”

— Louis C. K.

Power

“When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore.”

— Louis C. K.

Marriage

“I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.'”

— Louis C. K.

Funny