Dave Holmes > Quotes

“I said yes to adventure, and then almost immediately I started trying to figure out how to get out of it.”
― Dave Holmes

“In my life, I have been told that as a gay man I am a threat to the American family. I have been told that to accept me as an equal is an insult to God. I have been told that I am no better than a pedophile. I have been told that I cannot serve in the military because my presence will undermine unit cohesion. I have had bottles thrown at me when I gathered with others to protest for marriage equality. I have been told that I am sick, that I am damaged, and that I am damage and sickness incarnate.

Let the record show that what finally made me snap is the suggestion that I was supposed to have chemistry with Tori Spelling.”
― Dave Holmes

“I credit Craig Finn with saving my life.”
― Dave Holmes

“When your main objective is to be a good kid, Catholicism makes everything extremely complicated”
― Dave Holmes

“I remember seeing this video for the first time in college - miserable, half-drunk on Keystone Light, a Camel Light smoldering in my mouth, about to desperately tap-dance my way through another social interaction - and saying out loud: "I fucking *get* you, Bee Girl.”
― Dave Holmes

“That's what mild television fame is like: it's like walking through the world with your fly down.”
― Dave Holmes

“He had what young and/or terrible people were recently calling swag.”
― Dave Holmes, Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs