John Oliver

Optimism is nice if you can swing it. But you’ve got to be careful, because it can feed into the normalization of Donald Trump. And he is not normal. He’s abnormal. He’s a human What is wrong with this picture?

British politics, when done well, can be very fun. John Oliver

Congress is like jazz – it’s really about the bills it’s not passing. It’s also like jazz in that most people hate it and anyone who says they don’t are lying.

Wow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents.

So it’s an aging product that’s decreasing in popularity and yet somehow it just can’t stop making money. It’s basically the agricultural equivalent of U2.

It’s the 2016 election, and it’s 2015 right now. So I don’t care until we’re in the same year as the thing that I’m supposed to care about.

Someone once asked me… whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: ‘Every day!’

I love “The Office”. I think it’s the funniest thing – Ricky Gervais is possibly the funniest person I’ve seen in my entire life.

I grew up in Tennessee. We didn’t know what Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my prom outfits out of catalogs.

You want us as muses because you fear us as artists.

I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

When people apologize to me sincerely, I accept it. It’s really never too late to right your wrongs.

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

I don’t really see the point in washing your hair. If you don’t care if your hair’s clean or not then why would you wash it?

You don’t have to be older to live your dreams, you can do it at any age.

People find out I’m an actress and I see that ‘whore’ look flicker across their eyes.

I promise you, you’re going to see a new Ye. You’re going to feel the impact of the new relationships and the new ideas and the exposure that I’ve gathered. It’s about to be applied now.

Entertainment isn’t just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it’s great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion.

If you are someone, you know, with fame, whatever amount, it’s good to be married to someone who’s not impressed with that at all.

I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky! Vanessa: (on her mom) She gave up so much for me. She moved many times so I could follow my career. Vanessa: I’ve always had problems with guys!