Top 49 Quotes & Sayings by Jerry Springer

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

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.

I don't want to be a celebrity.

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.

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

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

There's something about the openness of the American people. Yes, we have our faults, but deep down, there's a goodness. America doesn't want to take over the world; in many ways, we don't want to be bothered by the rest of the world.

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

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.

I'm always playing a role, whether it's the role of the mayor, the role of a news anchor, or a role of a crazy talk-show host. But there was a specific function. 'On Dancing With The Stars', I had nothing to do but be me, schlepping around the floor. And when I host 'America's Got Talent', that's really me just talking to regular folks.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take care of yourselves, and each other.

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

Country comes before politics.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

Look after yourself and each other.

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

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

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.

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

Somewhere in the land, a monster lurked.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Vegetarianism is a good idea.