Jon Stewart Quotes About Waiting

Quotes about: Waiting

• Thomas Jefferson once said: 'Of course the people don't want war. But the people can be brought to the bidding of their leader. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for somehow a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.' I think that was Jefferson. Oh wait. That was Hermann Goering. Shoot." [Hosting the Peabody Awards for broadcasting excellence at the New York Waldorf-Astoria, June 6, 2006]

  Jon Stewart

  Country, New York, War

• Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I figured this out. I know what's wrong with what we've done in Iraq. We've been following time as it goes forward. What a classic mistake. Linear time is so pre-9-11.

  Jon Stewart

  Mistake, Iraq, Waiting

  "The Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.

• Wait a minute, words in the prompter, script on my desk, vending machine upstairs out of Funyuns... the writers are back!

  Jon Stewart

  Waiting, Machines, Scripts

  "Listening In as Writers Return to Late-Night Shows". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. February 14, 2008.

• Across the nation, thousands of people are lining up in hospital waiting rooms, out the doors, down the steps, around the corners, and behind the hedges, waiting for their inoculations. Here's another idea for avoiding the flu: DON'T stand outside in the cold for hours around lots of other people.

  Jon Stewart

  Waiting Rooms, Doors, Ideas

  "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996.

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