Jimmy Kimmel

Talk Show Host American Born 1967 (age 59)

Late-night host known for pranks and audience participation comedy.

385 quotes

"Adventure is what you call it when things go wrong in an interesting way."
Adventure
"Your imagination is the only thing no one can take from you."
Imagination
"Technology connects us to everyone except the person sitting next to us."
Technology
"History repeats itself because we weren't paying attention the first time."
History
"Philosophy is just asking questions that will give you a headache anyway."
Philosophy
"Literature is proof that someone thought your exact same weird thought a hundred years ago."
Literature
"Politics would be funny if the consequences weren't so real."
Politics
"Motivation is temporary, like a shower—that's why we recommend it daily."
Motivation
"Inspiration strikes when you're already doing the work."
Inspiration
"Relationships require the same commitment you'd give a houseplant, except they can talk back."
Relationships
"Solitude is just what we call it when you're too tired to pretend to like people."
Solitude
"The truth is always stranger than what we imagine, and usually less convenient."
Truth
"Freedom is realizing that most people aren't thinking about you as much as you think they are."
Freedom
"Nature doesn't have good days and bad days—it just has days, which is kind of beautiful."
Nature
"Art is just showing people what's already there but from a weird angle."
Art
"Science is just really careful guessing with spreadsheets."
Science
"Music is the only language where you don't need to understand the words to feel it."
Music
"Faith is useful whether it's in God, yourself, or that your pizza will arrive on time."
Faith
"Leadership is mostly about not panicking visibly."
Leadership
"Work is better when you find something you'd do even without the paycheck."
Work
"Beauty is noticing that sunset even though you're exhausted and the day was terrible."
Beauty
"Death is the one deadline everyone eventually respects."
Death
"Strength is being soft enough to care and hard enough to keep caring anyway."
Strength
"Power is being able to admit when you're wrong."
Power
"Education is expensive, but ignorance costs more in the long run."
Education
"Knowledge is cool until you realize how much you don't know."
Knowledge
"Time is the only currency everyone has equally until suddenly they don't."
Time
"Hope is just refusing to accept that things can't get better."
Hope
"The key to a great show is knowing when to get out of your own way and let the audience laugh"
Humor
"Growing up in Las Vegas taught me that nothing is what it seems on the surface"
Wisdom