Nish Kumar Quotes

Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.

Chris Rock does the political thing really well, but that never worked for me.

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny.

My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral.

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.

Everybody who's ever influenced me, from a Richard Prior to a Whoopie Goldberg to, you know, any of the voices that have resonated with me as a performer since I was a kid, you know, you couldn't really say that their work didn't have some element of political commentary in it.

I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions. Not that there's a moral obligation for a comic to fix things, but I like to see a comic that's upset about something and offer a solution. It can be a funny solution. I like to see the thought process.

When I did 'Bremner, Bird and Fortune' I think it was accepted that comedians can contest the arguments just as well as journalists.

It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aware of the injustices, and you're aware of the civilian casualties. It's much easier if you have no idea and you've never seen it.

Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

Who profits from this? Cui bono?

You go wherever the laugh is. I think in that respect Republicans have been a little better for us.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

We are responsible not only for what we do but also for what we could have prevented.

While I bore the titel of "Honorable Judge", I felt less than honorable and moroe like a complicit tool of an unjust system.

I love comedians that dive into politics. I personally don't feel comfortable, with my background, weighing in unless I have a take that I think is funny enough that I would put it in front of an audience.

I know who Dick Gregory is; I knew what his accomplishments are. I certainly knew him as a comedian and an activist.

I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.