“It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.”
Positive
“I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.”
HumorAll Quotes by Louis C. K.
“Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.”
Positive“I never viewed money as being 'my money' I always saw it as 'the money.' It's a resource. If it pools up around me then it needs to be flushed back out into the system.”
Money“I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.”
Failure“I have a crazy amount of different jobs, so the way I manage that is to not do more than one at a time. It's like old computers that had small memory chips, they would do something called swapping, where they would fill the memory with one task, do it and get it out.”
Computers“When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.”
Smile“I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish - that's what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff.”
Hope“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.”
Power“I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.”
Humor“I don't like comedy. I like funny things. I don't like comedy. Like, comedy movies are just, 'Oh Jesus.'”
Funny“When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'”
Dating“It's more fun to experience things when you don't know what's going to happen.”
Experience“Breaking records is not something you expect to be doing. That's like a sports thing, it's not usually a comedy and writing thing.”
Sports“It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.”
Alone“For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.”
Money“America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.”
Family“There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.”
Home“To me, art supplies are always okay to buy.”
Art“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.”
Experience“The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.”
Famous