I got a lot of flak for that. I had people writing me awful things: ‘Bill Cosby’s not a rapist, Hannibal, you are.’ What?! That’s not how that works! Hannibal Buress More Quotes by Hannibal Buress More Quotes From Hannibal Buress I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself. Hannibal Buress lapfunnybelieve When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works. Hannibal Buress timegraduationpeople I like burritos more than Jesus because steak burritos are delicious. And they're real. Hannibal Buress burritosrealjesus Whenever I eat at a restaurant I never put the napkin in my lap. People say, 'Hannibal, why don't you put the napkin in your lap?' Because I believe in myself. I believe in my ability to not spill food in my pants 'cause I'm a goddamn adult. And I've mastered the art of getting food from my plate to my mouth without messing up my jeans. You need to believe in yourself, too and get your life together, that's for babies. Have some confidence in your eating abilities and hand/eye coordination. Hannibal Buress confidencebabyart Sometimes I get drunk and I get into arguments with taxi drivers. And I get out the cab and I slam the door. That's not the way to win an argument with a taxi driver. The way to win is you get out of the cab and you leave the door open. And then he has to step out and come around and close that door. And while he's doing that, I'm on the other side opening the other doors-and we just go around and around and around, and I got my own Benny Hill situation going on in life. Hannibal Buress winningdoorsfunny There's a lot of dudes in my neighborhood that have handlebar mustaches. Which is cool if you want to have a handlebar mustache but don't try to have a conversation with me like you don't have a handlebar mustache. Hannibal Buress mustachewanttrying I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon. Hannibal Buress pigeonswantfunny I applied for a job at Starbucks. One of the questions was, 'Why do you want to work at Starbucks?' Uh, because my life is in shambles. Hannibal Buress life-iswantjobs I don't like when people say, 'I'll pray for you. I'm going to pray for you. Praying for you.' You're going to pray for me? So you're going to sit at home and do nothing? 'Cause that's what your prayers are; you doing nothing while I struggle with a situation. Don't pray for me - make me a sandwich or something. Hannibal Buress struggleprayerhome I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns. Hannibal Buress rerunswantwatches We'll keep you in our thoughts With the other bullshit in your heads? No, keep me out of your thoughts, because I hear some of the stuff you talk about and if that's close to what you're thinking about, I don't want to be around that, so keep me and my family out of your thoughts, unless you're thinking of making me a sandwich. Hannibal Buress bullshitwantthinking God sounds kinda like a shitty father to me. If God was so powerful why'd he have to give his son up? It sounds like God owed someone some money and they couldn't get to him, so they murked his son. That's what I really think happened. Jesus got stabbed up in an alley... but it's easier to sell crucifixes. You can't sell a pendant of someone getting shanked up In the alley. It's a marketing scheme. Hannibal Buress powerfulfatherjesus Don't thank the lord, I gave you that compliment... Thank me. Hannibal Buress lordcompliment I don't believe in cancer walks. Well, I believe in them because they exist but I'd rather just give money straight up and save my Saturday afternoon. I can make my own t-shirt, that's not incentive. Plus I don't think cancer responds to how far people walk. I don't think cancer's sitting at home, 'What? How many people walked how far? How many people walked how far wearing the same shirt? That's crazy! I'm out of here!' Remission. Hannibal Buress cancercrazybelieve I don't want to die before Will Smith 'cause then I miss that awesome 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' marathon. Hannibal Buress missingairwant There have been times I've been out, and my phone battery is at nine percent, and I was like, 'Time to go home.' Hannibal Buress batteriesphoneshome I don't even know how to use a semicolon to this day; I use a comma every time. And you know what? If I email somebody and they get upset about me using a comma instead of a semicolon, that's not a person I want to work with anyway. And that's how you weed people out of your life. Hannibal Buress upsetweedpeople I'm a dumb guy. My point of view is limited. Hannibal Buress guydumbviews My nephew's always crying. I'm like, 'Dude, why are you crying? Your life is great. All you do is eat apple sauce and take dumps. That's your day. Hannibal Buress applesnephewsauce Acting is fun; it's easier than writing, and if you get on a [TV] show, it draws people to your stand-up. That's ultimately what I'd like to do. Hannibal Buress tv-showswritingfun
