“When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides.”

American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker

Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. He has 106 quotes on the site. He has won six Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Peabody Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. He is known for work in stand-up, television, and film, and for the wide recognition that followed his career in comedy. In 2012, Time listed him among its 100 Most Influential People, and Rolling Stone ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.