Quotes by Denis Leary

“I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.”

“Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them.”

“Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.”

“I would never do crack... I would never do a drug named after a part of my own ass, okay?”

“There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldnt get laid.”

“Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.”

“Ive eaten things that didnt complain this much.”

“Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. Thats the important thing.”

“I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nuture.”

“Youre 16 years old, you dont know shit about shit, and PULL UP YOURE PANTS!!!”

“We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!”

“Im high as a kite and my teeth are green, Merry f**kin Christmas!”

“I want you to take away the hope because thats the thing thats killing me.”

“You cant think up there. If you think...you re dead.”

White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I want a real change. People, I want a president who speaks well, who has a sense of humor. This guy is such a moron! Its beyond the point where its a joke. Hes an idiot.

I want you to take away the hope because thats the thing thats killing me.

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I dont think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.

Im really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.

If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, The Ref is my favorite Christmas movie.

Temptations something you have to deal with even if youre not famous. Its harder when youre famous because its a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes.