
Jon Stewart
Born 1962
From New York City, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on the Comedy Central television network.
Quotes
“I’ve always run by the hierarchy of “If not funny, interesting. If not interesting, hot. If not hot, bizarre. If not bizarre, break something.””
Rolling Stone interview, January 26, 1995 “I signed up for what? I thought I was just ordering cable.”
Chicago Tribune, August 12, 1998; on signing on as host of The Daily Show. “The reason I don’t worry about society is, nineteen people knocked down two buildings and killed thousands. Hundreds of people ran into those buildings to save them. I’ll take those odds every fucking day.”
Stone interview, November 2007 “Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.”
Orange County Register, July 9, 1999 “They responded in five seconds. They did their jobs, with courage, grace... tenacity, humility... Eighteen years later? Do yours!”
Speech to Congress on Behalf on 9/11 First Responders
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Jon Stewart in order
Books by Jon Stewart in the order they were published, from Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998) to Earth (2010).
- 1Naked Pictures of Famous People
Naked Pictures of Famous People1998What's in it (17)
- Breakfast at Kennedy's
- A Very Hanson Christmas, 1996-
- Lack of Power : The Ford Tapes
- Martha Stewart's Vagina
- The New Judaism
- Pen Pals
- Local News
- The Last Supper, or the Dead Waiter
- Da Vinci : The Lost Notebook
- The Cult
- Five Under Five
- The Recipe
- The Devil and William Gates
- Vincent and Theo on AOL
- Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold
- Adolf Hitler : The Larry King Interview
- Lenny Bruce : The Making of a Sitcom
- 2America
America2004 - 3The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America2004 - 4Earth
Earth2010