Jon Stewart

“If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values: they're hobbies.”

“The internet is just a world passing notes in a classroom.”

“If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

“We are the protagonists of our own lives. And we're all villains in someone else's.”

“Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”

“You can't outsmart the truth.”

“I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.”

“Satire is a medicinal, not a curative. It's not a cure. It's a treatment.”

“This is how democracy is supposed to work. We are having a conversation. We are disagreeing. We are being passionate.”

“The press is our immune system. If it's healthy, it attacks the foreign bodies. If it's sick, it attacks itself.”

“There is a tendency to mistake data for wisdom, just as there has always been a tendency to confuse logic with values.”

“The country's in a bad mood, and it's been in a bad mood for years. Decades. But we have to have a sense of humor about it.”

“The reason I don't worry about being seen as a 'liberal' is because I am a liberal.”

“The best-case scenario is that we have an informed, engaged electorate.”

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

“I celebrate the parts of myself that are awkward and strange. I'm not interested in being 'normal'.”

“If you want to be a writer, you have to write. That's the only way.”