Jerry Springer Quotes

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

You're a transsexual fighting with a hermaphrodite over a mistress.

All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better.

You fight to defend a lover, not to win one. If you do, it isn't love.

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

If you can't be committed to another person, at least be committed to the concept of character and don't cheat.

Love is great for us, but we don't always love who is great for us.

We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.

The Statue of Liberty means everything. We take it for granted today. We take it for granted. Remember the Statue of Liberty stands for what America is. We as Democrats have to remind ourselves and remind the country the great principles we stand for. This is a place of protection. This is not a country of bullies. We are not an empire. We are the light. We are the Statue of Liberty.

I'm in shape, but only if you consider a circle a shape.

Take care of yourselves, and each other.

The bias against the show is purely elitist. We're all like the people on the show - the difference is that some of us speak better, or were born richer. There's nothing that happens on my show that rich people don't experience.

With a face like mine, I do better in print.

My guess is more reporters probably vote Democrat than Republican - just because I think reporters are smart.

I watch sports and cable news. I’m a political junkie, so that’s my interest.

I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world.

It's hard thinking about Iraq at night when I'm dancing with transvestites in the afternoon.

Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers.

I like the idea that there's no censorship, because it's consistent with my views that we live in a free society and people ought to be able to express their views.

Country comes before politics.

It really was a hell of a motorcycle, ..It was arguably the first American motorcycle company, beating Harley by a year or so. Indian was the standard by which everything was gauged.

The overarching issue, as I see it, is the elitism of America's political system; the fact that regular, ordinary Americans aren't considered in policy debates or legislation, and regularly get shafted by the powers-that-be in Washington.

My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our homes, are not to be found in the decisions in Washington. They are instead to be found in the hearts, minds and resources of our own people here at home.

Look after yourself and each other.

I'm liberal, but I watch the three majors. Obviously I watch MSNBC, also CNN and Fox, which is what I would call ridiculously to the right.

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.

Somewhere in the land, a monster lurked.

When I was first on 'Dancing With The Stars,' people were really shocked and surprised.

No one would have picked me out in high school and said, 'This guy is going to be in show business.' I don't have any of the talents you would normally associate with show business.

In one generation, my family went from extermination simply because of how they pray to God to this ridiculously privileged life I live today. So how can I not love America?

Vegetarianism is a good idea.

I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music.

[Invading Iraq] would create generations that hated the USA.

I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't. What we [America] did was akin to taking a baseball bat to a beehive. Our primary security threat right now is terrorism - and by doing what we did in Iraq, we've managed to alienate a good part of the world and most of the allies whose intelligence and other help we need to combat and defeat terrorism.

I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.

TV is a huge draw. It's a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I'd race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!

I'm a happy guy, but if I'm in a rare dark mood, I won't go out because I don't want to be horrible to people.

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.

I treat politics kind of like my religion. It’s something I believe in, but I don’t want to have to make a living at it, because if you make a living at it, you somehow become dishonest.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

I'm not conflicted. Because I know. There's me, and there's the show.

Obviously I wanted to be a bus driver - and I still do. If only I could get a part time job.

I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act.