DAVID LETTERMAN QUOTES III

American talk show host (1947- )

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, November 3, 2014


In New York, we're out of road salt. So for the next big storm they have to use parmesan cheese.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, Oct. 31, 2011


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

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Little Book of Humorous Quotes

Tags: nudity


They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a native American, that number is more like 300 million.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, The Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Political Quotations

Tags: illegal immigration


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


The new Dennis Rodman doll is $19.95, assault and battery not included.

DAVID LETTERMAN

attributed, Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Sporting Quotations


The candidates at the Republican debate looked like a town council that was outlawing dancing. They looked like a board of directors that was lying about poisoning a river.... I tried to TiVo the debate and my TiVo fell asleep.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, Sep. 8, 2011


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


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

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, December 16, 2014


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


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


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


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


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


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


It's the first day of spring. That means this weekend I'll take down my Christmas lights.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Show with David Letterman, Mar. 20, 2012

Tags: spring


British Petroleum said today that if this spill gets worse, they may have to start drilling for water.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Night with David Letterman, 2010

Tags: oil


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


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


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