Jerome Allen “Jerry” Seinfeld, 60, is an American comedian, actor, writer, and television/film producer.
His career started as a stand-up comedian specializing in observational humor. He often focused on personal relationships and uncomfortable social obligations.
Some of that comes across in the Jerry Seinfeld quotes selected by our LifeDaily team.
Of course, Jerry Seinfeld is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the TV sitcom, Seinfeld, which ran from 1989–1998. He co-created and co-wrote the show with Larry David.
Although the last episode was screened a generation ago, the constant re-runs ensure that the show still attracts new, but somewhat younger, fans.
In 2005, Comedy Central ranked Jerry Seinfeld 12th out of 100 as the greatest comedians of all time.
These Jerry Seinfeld quotes may explain why:
- There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.
- It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
- You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’
- A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.
- Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
- Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.
- Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end.
- Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic – you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner.
- Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.
- The worst way of flying, I think, is standby. It never works. That’s why they call it standby. You end up standing there going, ‘Bye!
- My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time.
- People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.
So, these jokes represent the very particular humor of Jerry Seinfeld.
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