5 Jon Stewart Quotes on Power

Jon Stewart quotes on power

14. If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it's not politics - and this is, I think, probably a horrible analogy - but I look at politicians as, they are doing what inherently they need to do to retain power. Their job is to consolidate power. When you go to the zoo and you see a monkey throwing poop, you go, 'that's what monkeys do, what are you gonna do?' But what I wish the media would do more frequently is say 'bad monkey.'

15. It's a brilliant metaphor. What I meant to say was, when you see a monkey masturbating at the zoo...

39. Here's the way I look at it. President Bush has uranium-tipped bunker busters and I have puns. I think he'll be OK.

49. Hitler: Denial is a powerful thing... I always thought I could stop any time I wanted. 'If I could just get Czechoslovakia, that'll be the end of it. I'll be happy then.' And then I'd get it and think, well geez, Poland's just up the road a piece and... you know the rest.

75. Has your boss ever poured scalding hot Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger on to your arm?...It doesn't just burn, OK?, it's also citrus, and the citrus stings. And then he filled the pockets of my jacket with cockroaches. I work for a child.