Jeff Ross quote: "I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be."

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People ...
JEFF ROSS

I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do i...
JEFF ROSS

Bad taste is not illegal. I always got my first laughs as a kid by saying inappropriate things. That...
JEFF ROSS

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like...
JEFF ROSS

Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.
JEFF ROSS

When I first started doing these roasts in the mid '90s, they were a lost art, like jousting or ...
JEFF ROSS

Stockings (at those rates) aren't feasible on our bigger reservoirs. We don't have that many fish.
JEFF ROSS

As soon as a roast is announced, I get everybody - family, friends, waitresses, cab drivers - giving...
JEFF ROSS

People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to b...
JEFF ROSS

With everybody having a Facebook and a Twitter, I feel like regular people consider themselves stars...
JEFF ROSS

With roasting, you've really got to bring your A-game. I hate to admit it, but I probably think ...
JEFF ROSS

It's always a good rivalry. They all went to grammar school with each other. It's not just bragging ...
JEFF ROSS

There are no subtleties in a war zone. I think that's why comedy does so well there. It goes rig...
JEFF ROSS

In the last couple of years, there has definitely been an increase in the number of wage-and-hour ac...
JEFF ROSS

We kind of do our own thing as an independent. We are able to make decisions and moves that company ...
JEFF ROSS

I'd like to do a Jewish porno movie. I'd call it 'I don't Want to Do That.
JEFF ROSS

It was a great experience and an acknowledgment for him. He loved the recognition and would turn bac...
JEFF ROSS

A lot of the ballplayers loved that movie. When we got there, the Angels wanted him to come to their...
JEFF ROSS

did not show any significant interference with GPS.
JEFF ROSS

When anyone advocates a new technology, people [with existing spectrum] are against it. It's the pos...
JEFF ROSS

Our coaches kept reminding us, all week, to stay calm, stay calm. They knew the kind of atmosphere w...
JEFF ROSS

We played much better as a team. Defensively we came up big against some excellent strikers by not g...
JEFF ROSS

It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really ...
DIANA ROSS

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.
JONATHAN ROSS

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widel...
HAROLD ROSS

Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
HAROLD ROSS

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and pr...
ROSS PEROT

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
BOB ROSS

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
ROSS PEROT

There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids.
GARY ROSS

The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push t...
GARY ROSS

My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world,...
GARY ROSS

The great seats of power tend to be wide and open, not vertical and soaring. Red Square, Tiananmen S...
GARY ROSS

I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace a...
GARY ROSS

Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decid...
GARY ROSS

In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants...
GARY ROSS

There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the...
GARY ROSS

Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's...
GARY ROSS

I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on w...
GARY ROSS

Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination ...
GARY ROSS

Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my ...
GARY ROSS

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared in...
GARY ROSS

I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have ...
GARY ROSS

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on o...
GARY ROSS

We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. Li...
ROSS MACDONALD

I usually try to stay off my phone and enjoy the world, but when I am on my phone, it's always f...
ROSS LYNCH

All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
BARNEY ROSS

Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
BARNEY ROSS

I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.
BARNEY ROSS

It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were in...
BARNEY ROSS

They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wo...
BARNEY ROSS

We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. W...
BARNEY ROSS

Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
BARNEY ROSS

I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
BARNEY ROSS

I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing....
BARNEY ROSS

Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awful...
BARNEY ROSS

We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a ...
BARNEY ROSS

We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
BARNEY ROSS

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the f...
BARNEY ROSS

I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, t...
BARNEY ROSS

You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then jud...
ROSS LOVEGROVE

When the hot East Texas summer days begin, the stations will again look to the community to help hun...
AL ROSS

Each year, over 900 young women in East Texas find themselves in a desperate situation and faced wit...
AL ROSS

She was at a concert in Dallas and the emcee got sick. She volunteered to emcee and she stole the sh...
AL ROSS

One of the reasons we were able to do this at this price is that we're celebrating our 20th annivers...
AL ROSS

A concert like this for four bucks is unheard of. These guys usually get $20 to $40 for tickets.
AL ROSS

The madness of spring is so enticing. I love it when things are opening up and emerging from the gro...
ROSS GAY

This year was an amazing effort by the uphill group. Road Conditions were slower with washboard sect...
ALAN ROSS

It is the largest food bank in the United States, and has quadrupled the amount of food distribution...
ALAN ROSS

The athletic department for the most part stands on its own. The parents and the fundraisers are a b...
ALAN ROSS

The whole incident was definitely a disappointing thing for a group that does stuff to help our kids...
ALAN ROSS

I think there could be more designs, ... It looks kind of bland.
ALAN ROSS

Browns Glory: For the Love of Ozzie, The Toe and Otto,
ALAN ROSS

A comprehensive plan should educate a community, it should address the social fears, concerns and st...
ALAN ROSS

I live next to the quarry which I remember from its later stages of life as just a large water-fille...
ALAN ROSS

I personally don't believe what he did reached the level of being removed from vice chair of the com...
ALAN ROSS

No good deed goes unpunished.
ALAN ROSS

Sticks and stones may break bones, but words do more damage than most people can imagine. Especially...
HUGH ROSS

You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually havi...
WILBUR ROSS

It was a long year, but when you see these rings, you know all that hard work paid off. I think this...
AARON ROSS

Vince brings out his bag of tricks all the time. It's like you're playing with him on 'PlayStation.'...
AARON ROSS

I think the key to every game is special teams. The main focus has been on the offenses, but when yo...
AARON ROSS

Honestly, the best group we've faced all year is the group we see every day in practice.
AARON ROSS

I had a little cramp tighten up on me there, but it wasn't anything serious.
AARON ROSS

We can stick five of our best DBs on five of their best receivers, and I think our coaches would fee...
AARON ROSS

Actually, it's probably 75 chances to make plays,
AARON ROSS

I prefer to see them out on the field as much as I can,
AARON ROSS

I think our secondary lives up to the challenge, ... Any receivers they bring along, I feel like we ...
AARON ROSS

I'm tired of having to go home and hear about losing to them, ... You never want to lose to any team...
AARON ROSS

Workers and their families should not have been kept waiting. Payment now should be speedy to preven...
ADRIAN ROSS

[The Transport and General Union (T&G) launched the employment tribunal case on behalf of about 5,00...
ADRIAN ROSS

[A tribunal in Birmingham has ruled in favour of former MG Rover workers still waiting for their ful...
ADRIAN ROSS

This judgment proves that the workers must become priority creditors and that administrators should ...
ADRIAN ROSS

This proves workers must become priority creditors, and administrators should consult unions before ...
ADRIAN ROSS

This proves that workers must become priority creditors, and administrators should consult with unio...
ADRIAN ROSS

Traditionally, art has been for the select few. We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangel...
BOB ROSS

We're really relieved. We're grieving and this does not change that loss, but we certainly feel safe...
ADGER ROSS

We want to try and prevent this from happening again. We love our city and want it safe.
ADGER ROSS

Jennifer, this sweet girl,19 years old, had so much to offer this community and her friends.
ADGER ROSS

Let's make sure this senseless crime is not a waste.
ADGER ROSS

Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
ROSS PRESSER

All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imaginatio...
RUTH ROSS

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
PERCY ROSS

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.
PERCY ROSS

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level we can have or deserve.
RUTH ROSS

The witch-hunt narrative is a really popular story that goes like this: Lots of people were falsely ...
ROSS CHEIT

The Legend of Robert Halsey

This article examines the criminal conviction of Robert Halse...
ROSS CHEIT

Try to think of it as though we are rewriting history––the first time this experience occurred y...
ROSS CALIGIURI

As her feet beat the concrete ground beneath them, her chest began to ache. It had been a long time ...
ROSS CALIGIURI

Eleanor had heard talk of the rebellion that existed inside the city of Constance before. Most of th...
ROSS CALIGIURI

Here we go,” Phoenix said, turning back to Nora. “Try not to let this room scare you.
ROSS CALIGIURI

Cherish your existence, for memories become legacies and life can change in an instant.
ROSS CALIGIURI

Every decision you make in life will stem from one of two options: love or fear. Choose love.
ROSS CALIGIURI

Eternity will not cause our memories to fade, it will force our hearts to accept the past.
ROSS CALIGIURI

To struggle against the weight of sleep as reality eclipses the moon of your dreams is the purest si...
ROSS CALIGIURI

My dream is to create something so beautiful that it encourages people to present the best version o...
ROSS CALIGIURI

To completely understand me you must first accept that I am not you.
ROSS CALIGIURI

If you feel like you don't fit into the world you inherited it is because you were born to help crea...
ROSS CALIGIURI

If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it.
VERDA ROSS

When the pursuit of love trumps obligations.
JANICE ROSS

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an o...
PERCY ROSS

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out th...
DIANA ROSS

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
RUTH ROSS

In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose.
RUTH ROSS

Why not spend some time determining what is worthwhile for us, and then go after that?
WILLIAM ROSS

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do...
DIANA ROSS

With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things....
DIANA ROSS

A clever, imagination, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.
PERCY ROSS

The world is full of genies waiting to grant your wishes.
PERCY ROSS

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful -- and neglected -- secret to...
PERCY ROSS

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And th...
STEVE ROSS

The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire his...
ANDREW ROSS

Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.
DENNIS ROSS

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
DIANA ROSS

The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locke...
BARNEY ROSS

I'm allergic to cats, so I'm psychologically wired to associating kittens with itchy eyes an...
ROSS BUTLER

Usually, you get to interview that one girl who plays the sister on some Disney show - you interview...
ROSS MATHEWS

Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe - these leading men. These are the ones I grew up wit...
ROSS BUTLER

I'm involved in everything from highly progressive lighting systems to airline interiors. In the...
ROSS LOVEGROVE

Fundamentalist Christians, adhering to what is termed 'creation science,' loudly promote the...
HUGH ROSS

Google has been amazing at acqui-hiring, buying small companies for the engineers. I think in the co...
ROSS LEVINSOHN

There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
BOB ROSS

Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and ...
ROSS MATHEWS

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the r...
ROSS PEROT

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are goi...
GARY ROSS

When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other m...
ROSS MACDONALD

My mum had this idea I was going to be this long-haired hippie playing guitar and bought me one when...
LIBERTY ROSS

I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism?...
GARY ROSS

The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito... She alwa...
RONALD ROSS

There's something about beautiful moments in sports that alters our experience of time. And I...
ROSS GAY

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to ge...
DIANA ROSS

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.
ROSS KEMP

I have a lot of random hobbies.
ROSS BUTLER

At the end of the day we've got to put it at the back of our minds, although we are doing it for Ste...
BEN ROSS

I'm pretty disappointed. I was looking forward to this game and I'm pretty down at the moment. I was...
BEN ROSS

I think it is a very positive indication that change is in the wind.
BEN ROSS

We need to take a reality check. All of this is pretty far out.
BEN ROSS

We?re looking at several options to help curb the traffic that will be caused by the Wal-Mart. The t...
BEN ROSS

I know it's a big deal for the athletic department to make money, but it kind of stings when you're ...
BEN ROSS

My initial reaction was that they were putting us in the cheap seats, so they could give the good se...
BEN ROSS

Everybody's gone through high school; everybody understands that dynamic. Some people have a gre...
ROSS BUTLER

People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood d...
BOB ROSS

Modern design becomes the eye catcher because it's out of context, it is something newborn and f...
ROSS LOVEGROVE

This is consistent with the administration's priorities to invest in programs that support education...
ANDREW ROSS

It will allow consumers to spend money on other things, which helps the economy. It will reduce poll...
ANDREW ROSS

This is recognition that the Navy is implicitly accepting a supporting role in the global war on ter...
ANDREW ROSS

But the other choice was to do something radically different.
ANDREW ROSS

These are projects that preceded this administration, ... Many were partially paid. And we're (now) ...
ANDREW ROSS

We put all our money in this. It's a very entrepreneurial decision.
ANDREW ROSS

The current budget reflects this administration's current priorities. They wanted a budget that give...
ANDREW ROSS

Too many of these projects were promised money without the money to cover the cost of them.
ANDREW ROSS

You can have two family members disrupt everything that's going on, but you can have 15 who are well...
ANDREW ROSS

Damon's a very intelligent character, ... I certainly wouldn't bet against him having planned it all...
ANDY ROSS

A band like Franz Ferdinand are very interesting, ... but a band influenced by Franz Ferdinand are o...
ANDY ROSS

I don't know if the industry ever learns,
ANDY ROSS

Sometimes it does feel like the whole industry is eating itself,
ANDY ROSS

She never complained about it. She loved those kids.
ANGELA ROSS

We're all spread out now. We just come here - it's just like she was Big Mama.
ANGELA ROSS

She always looked out for us and wanted to make sure we were taken care of.
ANGELA ROSS

(Faulkner) was the backbone of the family.
ANGELA ROSS

She's done an OK job under the circumstances. She's had to deal with some pretty heavy-handed commun...
ANN ROSS

We have everything from a lawn tractor to jewelry to furniture, music and entertainment items, child...
ANN ROSS

I really believe that I'm a miracle.
ANN ROSS

The chances of me getting lung cancer at age 40 were really nil. Then to be hit with stage four, it'...
ANN ROSS

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
DIANA ROSS

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.
ROSS PEROT

I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd...
BARNEY ROSS

I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be...
BARNEY ROSS

All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding, and with the rough weat...
BARNEY ROSS

I'm feeling pretty good right now, though I can never be totally satisfied with myself. But that's w...
ANNIE ROSS

Cranks was a huge success in London. It was Princess Margaret's favourite show, so she brought her s...
ANNIE ROSS

Jack Hylton said: 'I want you, I want you, but I can't offer you the part it's for a 35-year-old wom...
ANNIE ROSS

I asked the producer who else is doing the show. And he replied: 'Dorothy Paul, and, of course, McLe...
ANNIE ROSS

Right now, we have almost no customers in that market,
ANNE ROSS

He's having problems making the decision.
ANNE ROSS

He's in excruciating pain every day, and he chooses to go to work every day.
ANNE ROSS

The rate increase we're seeing for Unitil customers is the largest increase we've seen in electric r...
ANNE ROSS

I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.

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I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.

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