“The good thing about poverty is it keeps you from getting in trouble because if you can't afford drugs, people will stop giving them to you very quickly. So, being poor really helps - it's the success that kills you.” PeopleIfsGivingHelpingPoorPovertyTroubleDrugGood Things Author:Tommy Chong
“It's like love making, the foreplay is the biggest part, the same thing as comedy. If you can frame your show in such a way that the funny jokes become funnier.” IfsWayShowsComedyJokesLove MakingLike LoveFunny Jokes Author:Tommy Chong
“There's the exciting part about comedy - if you catch an act just before they go mainstream, that's the best. After they hit the mainstream, everything gets watered down a little bit.” IfsLittlesBitsComedyLittle BitExcitingMainstream Author:Tommy Chong
“Look at all the drug busts all over the country. There must be an audience there somewhere. My feeling is that if we're losing the war on drugs, let's do a movie for the enemy.” IfsLooksWarCountryFeelingsEnemyAudienceDrugLosingWar On Drugs Author:Tommy Chong
“More than anything, the weed really helped with my mental state, because marijuana works on the brain. And if anything, it soothes the brain.” IfsStatesBrainWeedMarijuana Author:Tommy Chong
“Marijuana grows everywhere in the world. And it really is currency, if you think about it.” IfsThinkingWorldGrowsMarijuanaCurrency Author:Tommy Chong
“People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingMeanGuyLaughingMinesJokesOwnershipCharlieChaplin Author:Tommy Chong
“Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.” IfsKnowsMayDoeActivismWorking It Author:Tommy Chong
“I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls.” IfsMatterGuyGirlBoysGeekSixteen Author:Tommy Chong
“You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it.” IfsNeedsGivingLooksDoubtSawsTreatsDemonNo DoubtComplimentHalloweenCostumes Author:Tommy Chong
“If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWould BeViolence Author:Tommy Chong
“If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.” IfsWholeHomePaidPlanesAeroplanes Author:Tommy Chong
