DAVID LETTERMAN QUOTES III

American talk show host (1947- )

President Bush says he now wants to simplify the tax code. Only those in the blue states will pay.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Great Quotes for All Occasions

Tags: taxes


Today the Republicans are getting ready for the convention. They're busy down there in Florida auditioning minorities.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, Aug. 20, 2012

Tags: republicans


Charles Manson was going to get married. He's 80 years old, and serving a life sentence in prison. Well, the marriage is off. And today I saw that his profile was back on eHarmony.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, February 3, 2015


Here's what we know about Santa. He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good. I think he's with the NSA.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, December 18, 2014

Tags: Santa Claus


I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, December 16, 2014


Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew is coming. You drink it, you get a combination of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, November 14, 2014


You can now buy a pack of beer containing 99 cans. A 99-can pack of beer. Who says America has lost its competitive edge?

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, August 27, 2014

Tags: beer


Security here in New York City is still very tight. Hookers in Times Square now are demanding two forms of fake ID.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Political Quotations


I saw a robin redbreast in Central Park today, but it turned out to be a sparrow with an exit wound.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes

Tags: birds


At the Apple store, the people waiting in line for the iPhone 6 were trampled by the people waiting for the iPhone 7.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, September 9, 2014


The world's oldest woman passed away at 116. They keep dying. I think that title may be cursed.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, Dec. 18, 2012

Tags: old age


A guy in Pennsylvania was arrested because he was drunk in his golf cart going from bar to bar. So they arrested him. I said: Wait a minute. Isn't that golf?

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, December 12, 2014

Tags: golf


You'll never catch a nudist with his pants down.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Little Book of Humorous Quotes

Tags: nudity


Congratulations to Chelsea Clinton. Over the weekend, she gave birth to a baby girl. The baby girl will not confirm or deny whether she's running in 2056.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, September 29, 2014


Airport screeners are now scanning holiday fruitcakes. Not even the scanners can tell what those little red things are.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, Quotable Quotes: Wit and Wisdom from the Greatest Minds of Our Time


Paul Revere had a time capsule. They opened it up after a couple of hundred years, and guess what they found? A stack of love letters from Barbara Walters.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, January 7, 2015

Tags: Barbara Walters


If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever.

DAVID LETTERMAN

"Letterman Lets His Guard Down", Esquire, December 1994

Tags: coffee


New York City has 2 million rats. We used to have 8 million rats. Now we're down to 2 million. You know what that means? We lose four electoral votes.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, November 7, 2014


Nothing, believe me, nothing is more satisfying to me personally than getting a great idea and then beatin' it to death.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Night with David Letterman, March 5, 1993

Tags: ideas


Should I spend the extra twenty bucks for the sideburns?

DAVID LETTERMAN

"Top Ten Things to Consider Before Buying a Hairpiece", The Late Show