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Atheism, a religion dedicated to its own sense of smug superiority.Stephen Colbert
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Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor.Stephen Colbert
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If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.Stephen Colbert
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All Dogs Go To Heaven? Sorry, kids. It's only the dogs who've accepted Christ.Stephen Colbert
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A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?Stephen Colbert
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Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult: If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes.Stephen Colbert
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Women don't want all that. Women just want a partner who is considerate and attentive, who will spoon with them while reciting Keats, and feed them organic yogurt by candlelight on a seaside cliff at sunset.Stephen Colbert
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Wikipedia is the first place I go when I'm looking for knowledge... or when I want to create some.Stephen Colbert
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So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns.Stephen Colbert
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I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I've ever written, and I hope it's the first book you've ever read. Don't make a habit of it.Stephen Colbert
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There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.Stephen Colbert
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God works in mysterious ways but at least he works, he's never on welfare in a mysterious way.Stephen Colbert
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If God wanted us to get high, he'd have created plants that became psychoactive when eaten or smoked.Stephen Colbert
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Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes'.Stephen Colbert
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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.Stephen Colbert
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Librarians hoard the wisdom of humanity. They are the keepers of all knowledge, the guardians at the temples of understanding and devoted protectors of the sanctuary in the midst of uneducated anarchy.Stephen Colbert
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America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies.Stephen Colbert
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I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.Stephen Colbert
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So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never actually entrust my heart to scientists–they'd probably implant it in a baboon. And a baboon with my heart would be practically unstoppable. Baboon strength and agility combined with my determination and media savvy? It would be a threat to all of humanity.Stephen Colbert
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So, if I'm no cheerleader of sports, why write a chapter about it? Sports do have some positive impact on society. They solve problems, such as how to get inner-city kids to spend $175 on shoes. They serve as a backdrop for some of our most memorable commercials. And they remain the one and only relevant application of math. Not only that, but we have sports to thank for most of the last century's advances in manliness. The system starts in school, where gym class separates the men from the boys. Then those men are taught to be winners, or at least, losers that hate themselves. .Stephen Colbert
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Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still some liquid in that glass is my point, but I wouldn't drink it. The last third is usually backwash.( Said to President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner)Stephen Colbert
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Senator John Kyle claiming that over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Stephen Colbert: Over 90 percent, that is unbelievable...in that it is not true. Only 3 percent of what Planned Parenthood does is abortion. Kyle just rounded it up to the nearest 90.Stephen Colbert
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I don't like the new president who hunts muslim extremists, I like the old president who is a muslim extremist.Stephen Colbert
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There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.Stephen Colbert
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I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.Stephen Colbert
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In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards.Stephen Colbert
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The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It is its own size. And grief comes to you. You know what I mean? I’ve always liked that phrase “He was visited by grief, ” because that’s really what it is. Grief is its own thing. It’s not like it’s in me and I’m going to deal with it. It’s a thing, and you have to be okay with its presence. If you try to ignore it, it will be like a wolf at your door.Stephen Colbert
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If women are breadwinners and men bring home the bacon, why do people complain about having no dough? I'm confused. Also hungry.Stephen Colbert
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I may be just an empty flesh terminal reliant on technology for all my ideas, memories and relationships, but I am confident that all of that everything that makes me a unique human being is still out there somewhere, safe in a theoretical storage space owned by giant, multinational corporations.Stephen Colbert
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Throughout human history, countries rise and fall. But not America--we continue to rise and rise, like dough, until Jesus bakes us in the fiery Afterscape of the Rapture.Stephen Colbert
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Religion forces every individual to take responsibility. Specifically, take it away from yourself and give it to God. If we had to be accountable for every one of our actions, we'd be crippled with indecision. But with religion pointing the way, we can feel confident in our choice to picket our children's elementary school when we find out the art teacher is gay.Stephen Colbert
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After Jesus showed up, the Old Testament basically became a way for Bible publishers to keep their word counStephen Colbert
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Maybe he’ll be different from who he was and always is.Stephen Colbert
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Agnostics are just atheists without balls.Stephen Colbert
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But here's the biggest head-scratcher of all: Not only are atheists destroying our country, they're completely deluding themselves. There's simply no way to prove that there is no God. If I didn't hate them so much, I'd feel bad for these folks. Imagine going through life completely duped into thinking that there's no invisible, omniscient higher power guiding every action on Earth. It's just so arbitrary! Can't they see? .Stephen Colbert
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All weather is sin-related. Lust causes thunder, anger causes fog, and you don't want to know what causes dew.Stephen Colbert
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Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.Stephen Colbert
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As far as I can tell, a young-adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.Stephen Colbert
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NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happStephen Colbert
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So, a word to all you Femin-Idi-Amins: Stop “liberating” moms by trying tomake them join the workforce. They’re already doing the job that God putthem here to do: Everything.Stephen Colbert
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It's back to school time. or as home-schoolers call it, stay-where-you-are time.Stephen Colbert
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That's not a religion, that's Pokemon.Stephen Colbert
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Divorce is a marital welfare. It's just couples asking society to bail them out because they didn't do enough research before they got married. How is that our fault? Don't drag down my country's statistics just because you ran off and got hitched before you ever saw each other in a bad mood.Stephen Colbert
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The Crusaders lead to the Knights Templar; the Knights Templar lead to the Masons; and the Masons lead to the Shriners, a secret society that controls world government, toys with our banking system, and single-handedly keeps the fez industry afloat.Stephen Colbert
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a family is defined as two or more people living together who are related by birth, marriage or adoption. In other words, the U.S. Census Bureau is run by radical leftists. Why do you think there's a whole category for the unemployed?Stephen Colbert
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There hasn't been a scandal this big at the C.I.A. since (CLASSIFIED) committed (CENSORED) to (REDACTED).Stephen Colbert
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If I had one wish, it would be for self-drying pants. Wait -- no! Unlimited wishes! How do I return these stupid pants?!Stephen Colbert
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Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding.Stephen Colbert
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... had to pee like a racehorse at an Iced Tea convention.Stephen Colbert
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In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way.Stephen Colbert
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Scientists have invented a new strain of cannabis without the high. They celebrated with non-alcoholic beer and furious dry-humping.Stephen Colbert
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They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am.Stephen Colbert
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Summer movie idea: take all the sequels that are out right now, and make movies about their backstories.Stephen Colbert
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Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?Stephen Colbert
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Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to VOTE.Stephen Colbert
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My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.Stephen Colbert
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Forgot to live-tweet the election last night, so I'm post-tweeting today. I'll start as soon as my fingers unclench from their rage fists.Stephen Colbert
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It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.Stephen Colbert
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I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?Stephen Colbert
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Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.Stephen Colbert
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That's my parenting style - 'Go watch the TV.' I'm one of 11 children, and my mother's parenting style was, 'There's the TV. Go watch it. Mommy's got 10 other people to take care of.'Stephen Colbert
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I liked comedy as a kid. When I was a kid, I'd go to sleep to, like, Bill Cosby albums every night. I'd listen to 'Bill Cosby Is A Very Funny Fellow... Right! ' and 'Wonderfulness, ' which are two of his most famous albums. Then the next night, I'd flip them over, 'cause it was the old stackable turntable.Stephen Colbert
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In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter.Stephen Colbert
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I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.Stephen Colbert
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I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.Stephen Colbert
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We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a good thing. And we extend that to our politics - not just church and state, but it's also there's a separation of religion and politics. But of course there isn't.Stephen Colbert
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In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.'Stephen Colbert
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Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow.Stephen Colbert
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When my car runs out of gas, I buy a new one. I don't want to ride around in a quitter.Stephen Colbert
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I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.Stephen Colbert
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I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.Stephen Colbert